One hundred of the most outstanding photographs taken by photographer,model and Surrealist muse Lee Miller,published in anticipation of theNovember 2023 release of the film Lee,starring Kate Winslet as Lee MillerPhotojournalist,war correspondent,model and Surrealist muse,Lee Miller was one of the most important women photographers of the twentieth century,working in the fields of photojournalism,fashion,portraiture and advertising. This book presents 100 of Miller's finest works in a single volume.Introduced to photography at an early age,Lee Miller honed her craft in Paris,where she associated with the Surrealists and avant-garde artists including Jean Cocteau and Picasso. Together with Man Ray she accidentally discovered the distinctive technique of solarization to create mesmerizing halo effects. After establishing her own photographic studio in New York,where she became a prominent commercial photographer,she then moved to the Middle East and Europe before becoming the official war photographer for Vogue,a period during which she took many of her most iconic photographs.This evocative book collects Lee Miller's most famous documentary,fashion,and war works,as well as photographs of Miller,all carefully compiled by her son the photographer Antony Penrose,with a foreword by actress Kate Winslet,who will star as Miller in the film Lee.
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Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdISBN: 9780500025925Number of pages: 144Weight: 1100 gDimensions: 276 x 250 mm
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'Tells a unique story of the second world war'- Guardian'Looking at these photographs together,one is clear that not many artists of her generation saw with more piercing or perceptive eyes than Lee Miller...one of the most remarkable artists of the 20th century...this book,in the flick of a hundred pages,conveys the breadth,quality and consistent complexity of this extraordinary woman behind the Rolleiflex lens'- World of Interiors
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