Lee Miller, Self Portrait, Lee Miller Studios, Inc., New York, USA 1932. © Lee Miller Archives, England 2021. All rights reserved.
This presentation by Lee Miller’s son Antony Penrose shares an intimate portrait of how, from an early age, Lee Miller learned to grab her chances with both hands and to skilfully and courageously adapt them to work for her.
Born in America in 1907, Lee Miller morphed from a young artist to a top fashion model. In Paris she became a surrealist photographer also shooting fashion for American Vogue. Arriving in London at the outbreak of World War Two, she later became Vogue’s war correspondent* with the US Army in Europe. Her final career was as a surrealist gourmet cook in her last home, Farleys House in Sussex.
Lee Miller’s life was filled with passion, heartbreak and high drama and today her work is the subject of many books, TV documentaries, international exhibitions and in 2022 a feature film.
*Contains some disturbing images of the Holocaust, war and its consequences.
The Lives of Lee Miller by Antony Penrose is published by Thames & Hudson. Ticket holders will receive a code to use online for 25% off the retail price.
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This is an online event hosted on Zoom which can be watched live, or on-demand for three weeks afterwards. You will receive your link to access the event in your email confirmation and the on-demand link after the event ends.