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The life of pioneering photographer Barbara Ker-Seymer

''Thoroughly entertaining... Knights expertly evokes this hedonistic period'' The Times

''A picturesque portrayal of a world that sounds as thoroughly maniacal as it was modern'' Daily Telegraph

''I just called myself Ker-Seymer Photographs,'' Barbara said. ''I didn''t think it was necessary to have your sex displayed on the photographs.''

Vivacious, sassy, out to have fun, Ker-Seymer was committed to independence.

One of a handful of outstanding British photographers of her generation, Ker-Seymer''s work defined a talented, forward-looking network of artists, dancers, writers, actors and musicians, all of whom flocked to her Bond Street studio. Among her sitters were Evelyn Waugh, Margot Fonteyn, Cyril Connolly, Jean Cocteau and Vita Sackville-West. Barbara Ker-Seymer (1905-1993) disdained lucrative ''society'' portraits in favour of unfussy ''modern'' imag

Thoroughly Modern

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      Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
      Published 1 January 2024
      ISBN-13 9780349011493
      978-0349011493
      ISBN-10 0349011494
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The life of pioneering photographer Barbara Ker-Seymer

      ''Thoroughly entertaining... Knights expertly evokes this hedonistic period'' The Times

      ''A picturesque portrayal of a world that sounds as thoroughly maniacal as it was modern'' Daily Telegraph

      ''I just called myself Ker-Seymer Photographs,'' Barbara said. ''I didn''t think it was necessary to have your sex displayed on the photographs.''

      Vivacious, sassy, out to have fun, Ker-Seymer was committed to independence.

      One of a handful of outstanding British photographers of her generation, Ker-Seymer''s work defined a talented, forward-looking network of artists, dancers, writers, actors and musicians, all of whom flocked to her Bond Street studio. Among her sitters were Evelyn Waugh, Margot Fonteyn, Cyril Connolly, Jean Cocteau and Vita Sackville-West. Barbara Ker-Seymer (1905-1993) disdained lucrative ''society'' portraits in favour of unfussy ''modern'' imag

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