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- Inside the World of Cecil Beaton Part 2: Photo Deep Dive
In part 2 of their Cecil Beaton special, Hugo Burnand and Cambridge Jones
dive deeper into the photographer’s extraordinary career, exploring his wartime photography and his creative triumph with My Fair Lady. Inspired by the Cecil Beaton exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London, they analyse some of his most iconic portraits including of artist Salvador Dali, and fellow photographer Richard Avedon. They discuss Beaton’s ambition, contradictions, and enduring influence before revealing a surprising personal connection between Beaton and Cambridge.How did Beaton blend photography, theatre, fashion, drawing and design to
shape 20th-century visual culture?What we cover in this episode:
Cecil Beaton at war
- Commissioned by the Ministry of Information
- Iconic Blitz imagery and its global impact
- How Beaton’s photographs helped shape public opinion during WWII
- The tension between photojournalism and staged artistry
The Power of a Single Image
- The wounded child photograph published internationally
- How subtle framing choices changed the emotional impact
- Why even great photographers struggle to choose “the best” frame
Beaton’s Hollywood years
- “Hollywood hero lighting” and radical composition choices
- Beaton’s fascination – and discomfort – with Hollywood beauty culture
Embracing colour
- Early colour fashion photography for Vogue
- Red-on-red fashion portraits and bold stylistic risks
- How Beaton adapted to colour while maintaining a graphic eye
Theatre, film and My Fair Lady
- Beaton’s return to prominence through stage and costume design
- Winning Oscars for My Fair Lady
- Why this period marked his true creative renaissance
Art beyond photography
- Beaton as a draftsman, diarist, designer, and visual storyteller
- Retouching photographs by hand with brushes and ink
- The role of drawing and painting in shaping his photographic vision
Personal Revelations
- A surprising real-life connection between Cecil Beaton and Cambridge Jones
- Reflections on legacy, influence, and forging your own creative path
Cecil Beaton’s Fashionable World is at the National
Portrait Gallery until January 11.Hosted by royal photographer Hugo Burnand and celebrity portrait photographer Cambridge Jones, Double Exposure is the podcast that gives you a new angle on life through the lens of photography. Follow us on Instagram @hugoandjones to see the photographs featured in each episode or visit the Double Exposure podcast on YouTube. Plus, want answers to your own photography questions? Send them to Cambridge and Hugo via Instagram or email at [email protected]
Series producer: Eve Streeter
Managing editor: William Miller
Music by Eclectic Sounds
A Raconteur Studios production
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39 min - Inside the World of Cecil Beaton Part 1: Fashion, Fame and Reinvention
Cambridge Jones and Hugo Burnand explore the dazzling world of Cecil Beaton – one of Britain’s most influential photographers. From Hollywood portraits to Vogue fashion shoots and iconic images of the Royal Family, Beaton was the master of creativity within the frame. But was he
actually a photographer?Find out what happened behind the scenes of his shoots with Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe and why if you put Cambridge and Hugo in a photographic blender you’d get Cecil Beaton!Discover:- How Hugo and Beaton share surprising parallels: school days at Harrow, royalty, celebrity portraits, and high society access.
- Beaton’s early years: a Box Brownie, a camera gifted at 12 (used astonishingly far into his career) and two glamorous sisters who became his early subjects.
- The story behind his meteoric rise: from Cambridge to Bright Young Things to Vogue to New York.
- Beaton’s belief in performance and reinvention: “I don’t want people to know me as I really am.”
- How photographing Edward and Mrs Simpson inadvertently opened palace doors.
- The Vogue scandal: how a hidden anti-Semitic phrase in an illustration lead to pulped copies and his abrupt firing.
- Why his cultural impact is huge, but auction prices don’t match contemporaries like Steichen.
Cecil Beaton’s Fashionable World is at the National Portrait Gallery until January 11.Hosted by royal photographer Hugo Burnand and celebrity portrait photographer Cambridge Jones, Double Exposure is the podcast that gives you a new angle on the world we live in through the lens of photography. Follow us on Instagram @hugoandjones to see the photographs featured in each episode or visit the Double Exposure podcast on YouTube. Plus, want answers to your own photography questions? Send them to Cambridge and Hugo via Instagram or email at [email protected]
Series producer: Eve Streeter
Managing editor: William Miller
Music by Eclectic Sounds
A Raconteur Studios production
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37 min - A conversation with Martin Parr (part 1)
“Very rarely do people get as close to being accurate as you have.”
In this special and unplanned episode of Double Exposure, hosts Hugo Burnand and Cambridge Jones share the first part of an interview recorded with the great British photographer Martin Parr just weeks before his sudden death.
In mid-November the team went to meet Martin at his foundation in Bristol, not knowing it would be one of the last interviews he did. We are shocked and saddened by the news and our deepest sympathies go to Martin’s family and everyone at the foundation.
We had not planned to release this episode until the new year, and so it is
unfinished. But in memory and celebration of Martin we wanted to share this intimate and wide-ranging conversation with one of Britain’s most important photographers – on his work, his philosophy, his influences and his hopes for the future of photography.We will release Part 2 of our interview in early 2026 as part of our full tribute to Martin’s life, work and legacy.
Hear Martin talk about:
- His 57 years in photography, his preference for shooting in England, and the rarity of producing truly great images.
- How the UK undervalues photography, and why other countries respond more enthusiastically.
- Where he finds pictures, how he works unobtrusively, and his approach to editing, volume, and printing.
- The stories behind some of his best-known images and how families, chance, and contact sheets shape a photograph’s life.
- His early influences, from his grandfather to Tony Ray-Jones and the American street photographers.
- Subverting the cliché, honesty, and what makes work feel genuinely original.
You can find a film of our interview with Martin on the Double Exposure podcast on YouTube.
Hosted by royal photographer Hugo Burnand and celebrity portrait photographer Cambridge Jones, Double Exposure is the podcast that gives you a new angle on life through the lens of photography. Follow us on Instagram @hugoandjones to see the photographs featured in each episode. Plus, want answers to your own photography questions? Send them to Cambridge and Hugo via Instagram or email at [email protected]
Series producer: Eve Streeter
Videographer: Milo Hynes
Managing editor: William Miller
Music by Eclectic Sounds
A Raconteur Studios production
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25 min - Lee Miller Part 2: war photography, Hitler’s bath and rediscovery
In a special two-part series, Hugo and Cambridge explore the extraordinary life of Lee Miller – accidental model, muse, surrealist pioneer, Vogue photographer and war correspondent and take a deep dive into the photographs that define her most iconic work and style.
In the second episode, Cambridge and Hugo explore her groundbreaking – and harrowing – work as a WWII war correspondent, including documenting the horrors of Dachau concentration camp, portraits of Nazi family suicides and the story behind the infamous “Hitler’s bath” photograph. Plus, abandoning the camera, the discovery of her incredible photographic archive and her legacy as one of the 20th century’s most important photographers.
Huge thanks to the Lee Miller Archive who we have collaborated with for this series. To see all the images discussed by Cambridge and Hugo please visit the Double Exposure podcast page on the LMA website. Or you can find the photos @hugoandjones on Instagram.
If you missed it, in Part 1, Cambridge and Hugo trace Lee’s early life, her artistic awakening in Paris, her partnership with artist Man Ray, and the unexpected turns that shaped her creative path.
A major retrospective of Lee Miller’s photography is at Tate Britain until 15 February 2026.
Hosted by royal photographer Hugo Burnand and celebrity portrait photographer Cambridge Jones, Double Exposure is the podcast that gives you a new angle on life through the lens of photography and photographers. Want answers to your own photography questions? Send them to Cambridge and Hugo via Instagram or email at [email protected]
Series producer: Eve Streeter
Managing editor: William Miller
Music by Eclectic Sounds
A Raconteur Studios production
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32 min - Lee Miller Part 1: model, muse and surrealist photographer
In a special two-part series, Hugo and Cambridge explore the extraordinary life of Lee Miller – accidental model, muse, surrealist pioneer, Vogue photographer, war correspondent, and a woman whose story is as remarkable as it is deeply poignant. In each episode they take a deep dive into the photographs that define her most iconic work and style.
Huge thanks to the Lee Miller Archive who we have collaborated with for this series. To see all the images discussed by Cambridge and Hugo, please visit the Double Exposure podcast page on the LMA website. Or you can find the photos @hugoandjones on Instagram.
In part 1, Cambridge and Hugo trace Lee’s early life, her artistic awakening in Paris, her transformative partnership with artist Man Ray, photographing Picasso and the unexpected turns that shaped her creative path.
Key themes explored in this episode:
- Reinvention – Lee Miller’s life is marked by continual transformation across fashion, surrealism, and independent photography.
- Trauma and resilience – early childhood trauma shaped aspects of her relationships but also fuelled her creative fearlessness.
- Accidental beginnings – a near accident with Condé Nast launched her modelling career, which she quickly outgrew.
- Creative collaboration – her partnership with Man Ray blurred authorship and showcased her as an artistic equal. Plus her friendship with Picasso.
- Surrealist identity – Miller didn’t just photograph surrealism; she embodied its humour, playfulness, and subversion.
- Artistic maturity in Egypt – her Cairo period produced some of her most innovative, minimalist, and visionary work.
- Humour and experimentation – wit and inventive seeing were core
to her photographic voice.- Letting go as creative strategy – major life leaps – leaving Vogue, Man Ray, Egypt – were essential to her evolution.
- Prelude to war – Part 1 ends with Miller on the cusp of her most defining chapter as a WWII correspondent.
Don’t miss Part 2, where Cambridge and Hugo explore Lee Miller’s transition to war photographer, which would cement her legacy as one of the most important photographers of the 20th century.
A major retrospective of Lee Miller’s photography is at Tate Britain until 15 February 2026.
Hosted by royal photographer Hugo Burnand and celebrity portrait photographer Cambridge Jones, Double Exposure is the podcast that gives you a new angle on life through the lens of photography and photographers. Want answers to your own photography questions? Send them to Cambridge and Hugo via Instagram or email at [email protected]
Series producer: Eve Streeter
Managing editor: William Miller
Music by Eclectic Sounds
A Raconteur Studios production
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37 min - Should you smile in photos? A portrait photographer’s guide
Why do we smile in photos? Should we? When does a smile elevate a portrait… and when does it ruin one? In this episode of Double Exposure,
photographers Cambridge Jones and Hugo Burnand explore one of the most deceptively simple – and surprisingly deep – topics in portrait photography.From Victorian non-smiles to Hollywood grins and the science of the Duchenne smile, Cambridge and Hugo unpack the history, psychology and culture behind that tiny curve of the mouth that can change an entire image.
Along the way pick up some unlikely top tips on getting the best smiles, including horse noises and clenching your buttocks – yes, really!
What you’ll discover in this episode:
• Why people didn’t smile in early portraits
• The rise of the modern smile (1950s onwards)
• Secrets of the Duchenne smile
• When to smile, and when not to
• Cultural differences
• Why the late Queen’s natural smile was so rarely seen.
Hosted by royal photographer Hugo Burnand and celebrity portrait photographer Cambridge Jones, Double Exposure is the podcast that gives you a new angle on life through the lens of photography and photographers. Follow us on Instagram @hugoandjones to see the photographs featured in each episode or visit the Double Exposure podcast on YouTube. Plus, want
answers to your own photography questions? Send them to Cambridge and Hugo via Instagram or email at [email protected]Series producer: Eve Streeter
Videographer: Gavin Burridge
Managing editor: William Miller
Music by Eclectic Sounds
A Raconteur Studios production
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38 min - Exclusive David Bailey Q&A: Mick Jagger, luck and self-doubt (Part 2)
A rare glimpse into the world of legendary British photographer David Bailey. In the second part of their exclusive interview, Cambridge Jones and Hugo Burnand reveal more stories and style secrets of the man who redefined portrait photography. How does he deal with self-doubt? What makes a great photographer? Can Hugo guess Bailey’s answers?
In Part 2 of this special Q&A, discover:
· How to take a portrait like Bailey
· His view on luck in photography
· The story behind the film Blow Up
· The ethos behind his portrait of Mick Jagger
· And the importance of tea in taking portraits
Get an unfiltered look into Bailey’s world – witty, raw and totally original.
Hosted by royal photographer Hugo Burnand and celebrity portrait photographer Cambridge Jones, Double Exposure is the podcast that gives you a new angle on the world we live in through the lens of photography and photographers. Follow us on Instagram @hugoandjones to see the photographs featured in each episode or visit the Double Exposure podcast on YouTube. Plus, want answers to your own photography questions? Send them to Cambridge and Hugo via Instagram or email at [email protected]
Series producer: Eve Streeter
Videographer: Gavin Burridge
Managing editor: William Miller
Music by Eclectic Sounds
A Raconteur Studios production
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28 min - Exclusive David Bailey Q&A: behind the lens with Britain’s iconic photographer (Part 1)
Step inside the mind of legendary British photographer David Bailey
in this exclusive interview. If his camera could talk what’s the most embarrassing thing it would say about him? Can technical ability get in the way of the creative process? Cambridge Jones and Hugo Burnand dive deep into the stories, secrets and signature style of the man who redefined portrait photography.In Part 1 of this special Q&A, discover:
- The formative influences that shaped Bailey’s bold visual style
- Why white backgrounds and eye contact became trademarks of his iconic portraits
- How fellow photographer Norman Parkinson got a poker-faced Bailey to smile
- And a surprising story involving the infamous Kray Twins
Get an unfiltered look into Bailey’s world – witty, raw and totally original.
Hosted by royal photographer Hugo Burnand and celebrity portrait photographer Cambridge Jones, Double Exposure is the podcast that gives you a new angle on the world we live in through the lens of photography. Follow us on Instagram @hugoandjones to see the photographs featured in each episode or visit the Double Exposure podcast on YouTube. Plus, want answers to your own photography questions? Send them to Cambridge and Hugo via Instagram or email at [email protected]
Series producer: Eve Streeter
Managing editor: William Miller
Music by Eclectic Sounds
A Raconteur Studios production
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27 min - How photographers see beauty: debunking the ‘unphotogenic’ myth
Think you’re “just not photogenic”? Think again. In this episode, Cambridge and Hugo break down why the idea of being unphotogenic is a myth. Discover a photographer’s insider tips for feeling confident on camera, posing naturally, and capturing the best version of yourself.
Find out about a photogenic equation, breaking out of the “doom loop” and posing tips that actually work. Plus, photographing Bruce Oldfield, Princess Alexandra and how the pursuit of beauty ideals leads to an alarming place.
Hosted by Hugo Burnand, King Charles's official portrait photographer, and Cambridge Jones, called Britain's answer to Annie Leibovitz, Double Exposure is the podcast that brings you a new angle on the world we live in through the lens of photography - plus learn some photography tips along the way. Follow us on Instagram @hugoandjones to see the photographs featured in each episode or visit the Double Exposure podcast on YouTube. Plus, want answers to your own photography questions? Send them to Cambridge and Hugo via Instagram or email at [email protected]
Series producer: Eve Streeter
Managing editor: William Miller
Music by Eclectic Sounds
A Raconteur Studios production
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40 min - Berlin 1989: how Cambridge captured the fall of the Wall
How do you photograph history in the making – especially as a 22-year-old with no formal training? In this episode of Double Exposure, Cambridge tells Hugo his incredible story of photographing the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Armed only with a camera and his instincts, Cambridge arrived in Berlin just as the Iron Curtain began to crack.
Discover how he captured a defining moment in world history in 16 striking black and white street photographs – images that tell a powerful story of political change, human emotion and a profound psychological moment.
This episode explores the art of street photography, the power of visual storytelling, and how major historical events shape an artist’s eye. Whether you're an aspiring photographer or a history enthusiast, you'll learn how photography teaches us to see – and why your unique perspective matters.
Hosted by royal photographer Hugo Burnand and celebrity portrait photographer Cambridge Jones, Double Exposure is the podcast that gives you a new angle on the world we live in through the lens of photography. Follow us on Instagram @hugoandjones to see the photographs featured in each episode or visit the Double Exposure podcast on YouTube. Plus, want answers to your own photography questions? Send them to Cambridge and Hugo via Instagram or email at [email protected]
Series producer: Eve Streeter
Music by Eclectic Sounds
A Raconteur Studios production
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35 min
About Double Exposure
From the publisher's feed
What really happens when Hollywood legends, rock icons, prime ministers and royalty step in front of the lens?
Hosted by Hugo Burnand – official photographer to King Charles III – and Cambridge Jones, described as Britain’s answer to Annie Leibovitz, Double Exposure is your backstage pass to the world of photography. It’s like overhearing conversations at an exclusive after-party, where stories about life and art are shared, and the truth behind some of history’s most iconic images is revealed.
They’ve photographed everyone from Al Pacino and Ozzy Osbourne to Victoria Beckham and the late Queen, capturing the faces that have shaped our culture. Now, Hugo and Cambridge lift the curtain on how those portraits – and some of the greatest images of the last century – really came about: what went right, what nearly went wrong, and how instinct, trust, timing (and yes, a touch of luck) turned fleeting moments into unforgettable pictures.
Each episode is part masterclass, part confessional – blending behind-the-scenes anecdotes with hard-won wisdom. Expect lighting secrets, compositional tricks, the psychology of working with power and fame, and the delicate art of putting a subject at ease. You’ll also meet the photographers who inspire them - and uncover the untold stories behind Hugo and Cambridge themselves.
In a world awash with snapshots, Double Exposure shows you how to truly see – and once you’ve heard these stories, you’ll never look at a photograph in quite the same way again.
Visual references:
Visit https://instagram.com/hugoandjones to see the photographs discussed in each episode – plus, want answers to your own photography questions? Send them to Cambridge and Hugo via Instagram or email at double.exposureATraconteur.tv
Series producer: Victoria Shepherd
Executive producer: Eve Streeter
Managing editor: William Miller
Music by Eclectic Sounds
A Raconteur Studios production