The London Collections: Men presentation at The Cabinet War
Rooms was inspired by the Jonathan
Cape book Cecil Beaton
Theatre Of War. The book’s editor Mark Holborn
is an Anderson & Sheppard customer.
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The definitive collection of Cecil Beaton's
war photography, drawing on a wealth of material and accompanied by his own
diary entries
At the beginning of World War II Cecil
Beaton was commissioned by the British government to photograph the home front.
He set to work recording both the destruction of the city, and the heroism of
Londoners under attack. He conducted a survey of Bomber and Fighter Commands
for the RAF, which was published with his own astute commentary. Beaton was an
effective propagandist, but his voice, like his photographs, was touchingly
elegant. Beaton's wartime work amounted to 7,000 photographs. He traveled
through the Western Desert and on to Iraq,
Palestine, Transjordan,
Syria, and India, where he photographed the final days of
the Raj in New Delhi and Calcutta
before joining the Burma
campaign. He ended the war deep in Chinese territory where he witnessed the
Nationalist resistance to the Japanese. This collection of Beaton's masterful
WWII photography captures the home front, the Middle East, arms and vehicle
manufacturing in Britain, India, the Burma Campaign, and the war in China. It also
includes a chronology placing events in Beaton's life alongside developments in
photography, journalism, and the arts; war photography; and world events. His
original photographs are reproduced large on the page, alongside his diary
extracts, allowing for deep scrutiny and appreciation of the images and their
artist.
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