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The Lives of Lee Miller: The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture Lee

by Antony Penrose

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A life in photography, surrealism, and wartime reportage

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A life in photography, surrealism, and wartime reportage

Antony Penrose’s account traces Lee Miller across markedly different chapters: her early work as a Vogue cover model in 1920s New York, her immersion in Paris’s photographic and surrealist circles, and her later role as a war correspondent reporting on the liberation of Dachau. Written by Miller’s son, the book combines biographical material with a selection of her photographs, including portraits of Picasso, Dorothea Tanning, and Max Ernst. The focus is both Miller’s shifting public and creative life and the historical upheavals that shaped her work.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in women photographers and photographic history
  • Those exploring surrealism and its artistic circle
  • Readers seeking biography connected to World War II reportage

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PhotographySurrealismWomen’s livesWorld War IIBiography

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Book overview

Beautiful, bewitching, and an exceptionally good photographer, Lee Miller was one of life's adventurers.

She became a Vogue cover girl in 1920s New York before embracing Paris, photography, and surrealism, and then dramatically changed her life yet again, reinventing herself as a war correspondent, notably covering the liberation of Dachau.

These are but three of the many lives of Lee Miller, intimately recorded here by her son, Antony Penrose. Featuring a selection of Miller's finest work, including portraits of her friends Picasso, Tanning, and Ernst, Penrose's tribute to his mother brings to life a uniquely talented woman and the turbulent times in which she lived.
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