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Cecil Beaton's Campy 1920s Photographs of London's Bright Young Things - Flashbak Bright Young Things, Tallulah Bankhead, Litho Print, Cecil Beaton, London Photographer, National Portrait Gallery, Roaring Twenties, Portrait Gallery, Cabaret

In the years between the wars, the pent-up demand for pleasure and creativity exploded. This was the Jazz Age, the age of Weimar cabaret culture, the Lost Generation in Paris, and of London’s Bright Young Things, a collection of Bohemian artists and socialites whom Evelyn Waugh showed in his satiric 1930 novel Vile Bodies “could match … Continue reading "Cecil Beaton’s Campy 1920s Photographs of London’s Bright Young Things"

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Bright Young Things: The Glittery World Of 1920s Young Society Louis Daguerre, Fancy Dress Ball, Photography Career, Guy Fawkes, Cecil Beaton, I Love Cinema, Richard Avedon, Arte Inspo, Foto Vintage

Cecil Beaton began his long and illustrious photography career as a fashion and society photographer in 1920s London. Beaton was a member of a lavish and exclusive world occupied by the young aristocrats and socialites of the day who were referred to as "The Bright Young Things". This young and affluent set were notorious for their elaborate fancy dress balls, excessive partying, drinking and experimentation with drugs.

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