Angus McBean
Angus McBean was born in South Wales in June 1904. Despite the surname and the family's claim to be head of the sub-clan McBean, they had been welsh for generations. From an early a early age Angus always had to be making things. He bought his first camera- a 2 and a half x 3 and a h allf inch autographic Kodak, while the great war was ending. In 1924, after his fathers early death, Angus moved with his mother and younger sister to Acton in West London. He took a job in a antquies department. In his spare time he devoted himself to mask-making and photography in a rudimentary studio and darkroom at home. Amoung his early comissions were intracite peices of medevil scenery for John Giegluds 1933 production of Richard of Bordeaux. His masks were much used in fashinable interiors, his masks luminarires such as Greta Garbo and Lloyd Geroge. Mcbean had a style had a style of hard lenses, harsh lighting and dramatic shadows was a direct contrast to his earlier studies.
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