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The Art of Lee Miller
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Product Description
---Anthony Penrose, Lee Miller Archives
Lee Miller (1907--1977) was one of the most remarkable photographic artists of the 20th century. She created Surrealist-inspired photographs of haunting originality, portraits of genius, and daring war photographs. This unprecedented book brings together all of Miller’s major vintage prints for the first time, including sensational works never before published, rare and revealing drawings, selections from Miller’s writings as a war correspondent for Vogue magazine, and an extraordinary collage from 1937.
Miller performed with unique success on both sides of the camera. A renowned beauty, she began her career being photographed as a fashion and fine art model by such luminaries as Arnold Genthe and Edward Steichen, stunning examples of which are included in this book. Miller moved to Paris in 1928, determined to take up photography; there she became the apprentice, collaborator, and muse of Man Ray. In the 1930s and ’40s, Miller shot remarkable portraits of such iconic figures as Marlene Dietrich, Charlie Chaplin, Pablo Picasso, and Salvador Dalí. Turning her Surrealist eye to unexpected photographic subjects, she earned major commissions from American and European fashion magazines and also became a respected photo-journalist. Miller’s startling images of the Dachau concentration camp are among the most powerful records of the Holocaust.
Published in conjunction with the centenary of Miller’s birth, this beautifully designed and produced book is an essential survey of this fascinating woman’s life and career.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #413718 in Books
- Published on: 2007-05-01
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: .99" h x 10.00" w x 11.52" l, 3.78 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 224 pages
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Released in conjunction with an exhibition at London's Victoria and Albert Museum, this striking selection of more than 150 photos presents the oeuvre of Lee Miller—model, photographer, surrealist, actor and war correspondent. Published on the centenary of her birth, the book features the largest published collection of Miller's output on both sides of the camera, as well as a comprehensive examination of her life and art. As a model for Vogue in the late 1920s, Miller posed for such giants as Edward Steichen and George Hoyningen-Heune. In 1929, she sought out Man Ray as a mentor in Paris and promptly became his apprentice and lover. She went on to distinguish herself across genres, shooting surrealist images, advertising, travel reportage and photojournalism as the only accredited female photo-reporter active in WWII combat areas. Nearly impossible to pigeonhole, Miller shot celebrity portraits with a surrealist sensibility—Chaplin balancing a chandelier on his head—and she composed surrealist images that demand an emotional connection—a severed breast served on a dinner plate. Fusing a compelling account of her storied life, a thorough analysis of her photographic accomplishments, and a handsomely illustrated collection of her work, this book affirms Miller's status as one of the most dynamic figures in 20th-century photography. (May)
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From Booklist
The Lee Miller revival continues with a sublime collection of her discerning and expressive photographs, a fitting celebration of the centennial of her birth. Much of Miller's work was destroyed or lost, and in her final years she never spoke of her life as a fashion model, portraitist, art photographer, and war correspondent. How a small-town American beauty survived a traumatic childhood to become an iconic flapper, muse to the surrealists, an artist in her own right, a war correspondent of extraordinary courage, and a cordon-bleu cook living in England is an irresistible tale examined in depth in Carolyn Burke's magnificent biography. Here Haworth-Booth, for many years the curator of photography for London's Victoria and Albert Museum, does a superlative job of interweaving biography with criticism, eloquently defining the elements and emotional force that make Miller's photographs, many published here for the first time, so powerful. Goddesslike in her pale beauty, yet tough and fearless, Miller was "a woman of remarkable daring." She was also an unflinching and trenchant artist of conscience. Donna Seaman
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Review
". . . The book brims over with vivid excerpts and sharp insights. . . . this tremendously gratifying book . . . reveals an intuitive understanding of the multiple worlds in which Miller existed, giving due credit to the power and products of her imagination."-Annalisa Zox-Weaver, Register of the Kentucky Historical Society (Annalisa Zox-Weaver Register of the Kentucky Historical Society )
