![]() ![]() ![]() "The Queen consort and the King had certainly realised the effects that Beaton's photos had had when he captured the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in 1937."Ĭecil Beaton's role was to humanise and promote the royal family's image around the globe. Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Greta Garbo and Picasso are among the many stars he photographed before being invited to photograph Queen Elizabeth, now known as the Queen Mother. ![]() "Beaton was one of the greatest British photographers of the 20th century." ![]() She says he was the leading photographer of the time when he began photographing the royal family. The Victoria and Albert Museum in London compiled the exhibition and have partnered with the Art Gallery of Ballarat to host a one-off mirror exhibition in Australia.Ĭurator Susanna Brown selected 100 portraits from 18,000 of his archive photographs. A collection of his royal portraits is coming to Ballarat for a special exhibition.įrom intimate unseen portraits of a young Princess Elizabeth to candid photos of her as Queen, the Art Gallery of Ballarat is hosting a collection of Cecil Beaton's images ranging from 1939 until 1968. After three decades of shooting glamourous celebrities for Vogue, Cecil Beaton came to be the official photographer for Queen Elizabeth and the British royal family. ![]()
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