Since she is the inspiration behind my blog header, I figured it was about time to feature images of/by the beautiful, talented Lee Mill...
Born in 1907, Lee Miller began her career as a fashion model in New York, moved to Paris to become a Surrealist photographer, and then became the only female combat photographer in WWII. If you don't know about her, you should.
“Only sculpture would give account of the beauty of her shapely lips, of her big, pale, and languid eyes, and of her neck, similar to a column”, writes Cec...
The discovery of Miller’s personal letters could prove key to preserving her archive, says her granddaughter
Women, art and...
A new book of Miller’s photographs, featuring a foreword by Kate Winslet and an essay from her son, also tells a unique story of the second world war
Why the model, muse, and Vogue war correspondent is our style icon for this season (and the next).
Lee Miller looked like this as a young lady Not surprisingly, she became a model. And she was a celebrated model in the 1920’s, appearing in all the major fashion magazines. The usual. She ha…
Lee Miller, muse to Man Ray and pal of Picasso, was a celebrated photographer who captured the spirit of 20th-century life. Her full archive will go online at leemiller.co.uk
Lee Miller first entered the world of photography in New York as a model to the great photographers of the day such as Edward STEICHEN, HOYNINGEN-HUENE and Arnold GENTHE. In 1929 she went to…
Miller didn’t plan to photograph gowns and handbags as bombs rained from London’s skies.
Exhibition dates: 8th May – 16th August 2015 Curator: Walter Moser Lee Miller (American, 1907-1977) Floating Head (Mary Taylor), New York Studio, New York, USA 1933 © Lee…
Lee Miller was a model and muse to several great Surrealists, but was, more importantly, a photographer that found her own path to innovative imagery.
"Je préfère prendre une photo que d'en être une" - Lee Miller La Termica, Contemporanea et ONO Arte présentent une grande rétrospective de la photographe
Lee Miller was many things: a fashion model, Surrealist muse, assistant to Man Ray, Vogue photographer, war photographer, sexual bohemian whose lovers included everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Pica…
Lee Miller est un personnage fascinant de la photographie contemporaine. Récemment son fils Antony Penrose a donné un entretien à l'historien Primož Lampič. Le voici.Lee Miller is a fascinating character of contemporary photography. Recently, her son Antony Penrose gave an interview to the historian Primož Lampič. We decided to publish it. Interview by e-mail between December 2010 and September 2011.
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Organized by The Dalí, this exhibit features over 130 images by the groundbreaking female photographer, Lee Miller.
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Karen Walker makes a pilgrimage to Farleys House, the home of surrealist artists Lee Miller and her husband, artist Sir Roland Penrose.
Lee Miller first entered the world of photography in New York as a model to the great photographers of the day such as Edward STEICHEN, HOYNINGEN-HUENE and Arnold GENTHE. In 1929 she went to…
A new documentary reveals the astonishing life of the twentieth-century icon who refused to conform
Lee Miller The Blood of a Poet, 1930 written and directed by Jean Cocteau
from Britain at War (1941) by Monroe Wheeler (ed.) "A shopping centre familiar to all American visitors to London." - p. 73. "At 2.55am on 11 September 1940, a high explosive bomb struck close to Burlington Gardens, badly damaging the Arcade's northern end. No casualties were reported but the Arcade was not fully restored until 1954." - www.westendatwar.org.uk/page_id__16_path__0p4p.aspx Full story here - www.westendatwar.org.uk/page_id__202_path__0p2p.aspx Lee Miller Archives - www.leemiller.co.uk
