“I like the way their poses contrast – they’re doing different things yet they somehow complement each other. It was accidental: I just happened to click at that millisecond and catch a fleeting rather joyous moment. Looking back today, I feel lucky to have known such wonderful people.”– Peter Schlesinger on photographing Cecil Beaton and David Hockney in 1970

Learn the story behind this photo, as recounted by Schlesinger himself, in the Guardian.

IMAGE: David Hockney and Cecil Beaton, Reddish House, 1970. Photograph: Peter Schlesinger