Cecil Beaton: The Royal Portraits [Hardcover]

A contemporary look at CecilBeatons portraits of theBritish royal family and howthey helped create the publicface of the House of Windsor. This new book of photos celebrates the work that Beaton, a famed photographer and diarist as well as an Oscar-winning set and costume designer, did with the royal family, but its more than just pretty pictures. The tome also speaks to how the Windsors saw themselves and wanted the public to see them, and the way that they used photography to help in the serious business of myth-making. Stunning... Sheds light on how the royals were portrayed in the mid-20th century. An intimate view of [Beaton's] mythmaking work.