Sir (yes, he was a "Sir") Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, (14 January 1904 – 18 January 1980) was a British fashion and portrait photographer, diarist, painter, interior designer and an Acadamy Award-winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre. He was named on the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1970. Back in the days of Marilyn Monroe, Morgot Fonteyn, Audrey Hepburn and the likes dating back even further still - all the way to Lady Diana Cooper and beyond - Cecil Beaton was the photographer, no questions asked, he was the one the stars went to. There was no "Paparazzi" and photographs were taken to capture history, beauty and memorable moments. Nowadays (and this is a recurring fault of our generation) things are loosing their sentimantality and people only take pictures of celebrities to catch them in all their cellulite-covered glory or for something as ridiculous as shopping at Wal-Mart. We long for the days of true phtographers like this iconic man, he truly was the Godfather of Photography.
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