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Cecil Beaton

Sir Cecil Beaton was born in Hampstead in 1904. Throughout his life he was a diarist, painter and interior designer but most recognised as a fashion and portrait photographer for Vogue , Vanity Fair and LIFE . He won several theatre and film awards, including two Academy Awards for his stage and costume design for My Fair Lady , and was knighted in 1972. He died at home in Wiltshire in 1980.