This appealing celebration of the life and work of model,
photographer and war correspondent Lee Miller is captivating on
many levels: as an account of the increasing sophistication of
photography, as a record of a disappearing world as parts of Europe
are laid waste by war, and as the story of a brave and independent
spirit, told by her son with the benefit of previously undiscovered
material. First published in 1985, this is a welcome reissue.
(Kirkus UK)
"Part memoir, part photo essay, part search for the real woman
behind an unconventional mother....Should ensure Miller the place
she deserves in future histories of the period."--"Art in America"
- Lee Miller: 1927: New York. Classically beautiful, she is
discovered by Conde Nast and immortalized by Steichen,
Hoyningen-Huene, Horst, and other famous photographers.
- Lee Miller: 1929: Paris. Protege and lover of Man Ray, she
invents with him the solarization technique of photography and
develops into a brilliant Surrealist photographer.
- Lee Miller: 1939-1945: Europe. She becomes a U.S. war
correspondent and covers the liberation of Paris. Her photographs
of the Dachau concentration camp shock the world.
These are but three of the many lives of Lee Miller, intimately
recorded here by her son, Antony Penrose, whose years of work on
her photographic archives unearthed a rich selection of her finest
work, including portraits of her friends Picasso, Braque, Ernst,
Eluard, and Miro. To these are added many other photos that
complement Penrose's highly readable biography of this uniquely
talented artist. 171 duotone illustrations.
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