An extraordinary survey of some of cecil beatons 1904shy80 finest photographs from the 7000 images from his time working as a wartime photographer for the ministry of information beaton was an effective propagandist but his voice like his photographs was touchingly elegant he initially documented the home front recording the destruction of wren churches in the city and the heroism of londoners under attack he also conducted a survey of bomber and fighter commands for the raf in 1943 he