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Book SynopsisThe 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
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A picturesque portrayal of a world that sounds as thoroughly maniacal as it was modern... entertaining reading... full of colourful detail -- Catherine Ostler * Daily Telegraph *
Thoroughly entertaining... Knights expertly evokes this hedonistic period -- Roger Lewis * The Times *
Knights's book is so entertaining, skipping through affairs, snobbery and wild parties * Daily Telegraph *
I can't remember reading a Bright Young Thing account that so graphically immerses a reader in their world * Julie Kavanagh, author of Rudolf Nureyev: The Life and Secret Muses: The Life of Frederick Ashton *
