Indian Diary & Album

by Cecil Beaton

Book Overview

In 1944, in one of its more inspired moments, the British Ministry of Information dispatched Cecil Beaton-- self-dramatizing exquisite, darling of London society, chosen photographer to royalty, and later the world-famous designer of My Fair Lady and Gigi--to the Far East to take pictures of the British Empire and its allies at war. The result was not only a superb collection of photographs but a breathtakingly vivid written portrait of India, Burma,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192122991
• ISBN13: 9780192122995
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.8" x 10.0"