Cecil Beaton

British Photographer · 1904–1980

2 works on LinkedCulture

> When I was three years old, I used to be allowed to scramble in my mother's large bed and nestle close to her while she sipped an early morning tea and opened her letters. One morning during this customary treat, my eyes fell on a postcard lying in front of me on the pink silk eiderdown and the beauty of it caused my heart to leap. The photograph was of Miss Lily Elsie...I started to make a coll