Before Warhol and his Superstars, there was British photographer Cecil Beaton. Bright Young Things features the stylish and extravagant world of the "bright young things" of the 1920s and 30s London, seen through the eye of renowned British photographer Cecil Beaton. Beaton used his camera and his larger-than-life personality to mingle with that flamboyant and rebellious group of artists, writers, socialites and partygoers who became known as the “Bright Young Things.” 

In a series of themed chapters, covering Beaton’s first self-portraits and earliest sitters to his time at Cambridge and as principle society photographer for Vogue and Vanity Fair, over 50 leading figures who sat for Beaton are profiled and the dazzling parties, pageants and balls of the period are brought to life. Beaton’s photographs are complemented by a wide range of letters, drawings, book jackets and ephemera.

hardcover, 280 pages, 9.75" x 11"