"I started taking fashion photographs in 1936," he said.

Beaton is best known for his fashion photographs and society portraits.

But, he joked, it was still a fashion photograph.

Dior's house models would also model for fashion photographs, although this was not standard practice.

A 1980 fashion photograph estimated at $300,000 to $400,000 also failed to sell.

Up close, there was a slight suggestion of a fashion photograph, he said.

It is difficult to imagine a contemporary fashion photograph stirring such curiosity.

We are not simply showing our favorite fashion photographs.

Well, you know we don't pose fashion photographs in the studio any more.

In an age when fashion photographs often denigrate women, his are celebrations.