'Antony Penrose lovingly and entertainingly pulls together the diverse threads of his mother’s remarkable life' - The Times
'A fascinating revelation of an adventurous and protean spirit' - Sunday Times
'A marvellously balanced narrative' - New Yorker
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                        'Eminently readable and thoroughly enjoyable' - British Journal of Photography
                                  Described by the Sunday Times as 'a fascinating revelation of an adventurous and protean spirit’, this biography is the inspiration behind the 2024 film Lee, starring Kate Winslet as Lee Miller.
Beautiful, bewitching and an exceptionally good photographer, Lee Miller was one of life’s adventurers.
She became a Vogue cover girl in 1920s New York before embracing Paris, photography and Surrealism, and then dramatically changed her life yet again, reinventing herself as a war correspondent, notably covering the liberation of Dachau.
These are but three of the many lives of Lee Miller, intimately recorded here by her son, Antony Penrose. Featuring a selection of Miller’s finest work, including portraits of her friends Picasso, Tanning and Ernst, Penrose’s tribute to his mother brings to life a uniquely talented woman and the turbulent times in which she lived.
                                Beautiful, bewitching and an exceptionally good photographer, Lee Miller was one of life’s adventurers.
She became a Vogue cover girl in 1920s New York before embracing Paris, photography and Surrealism, and then dramatically changed her life yet again, reinventing herself as a war correspondent, notably covering the liberation of Dachau.
These are but three of the many lives of Lee Miller, intimately recorded here by her son, Antony Penrose. Featuring a selection of Miller’s finest work, including portraits of her friends Picasso, Tanning and Ernst, Penrose’s tribute to his mother brings to life a uniquely talented woman and the turbulent times in which she lived.
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                                  1. Early Years, 1907–1929
2. Photography in Surrealist Paris, 1929–1932
3. Photography in Fashionable New York, 1932–1934
4. Egypt and First Marriage, 1934–1937
5. Escape from Egypt, 1937–1939
6. ‘Grim Glory’: Wartime London, 1939–1944
7. Lee’s War, 1944–1945
8. Spinning It Out: Austria, 1945
9. The Last Waltz: Eastern Europe, 1945–1946
10. Winged Serpents: Married Life in Hampstead and Sussex, 1946–1956
11. Food, Friends and Faraway Places
                                2. Photography in Surrealist Paris, 1929–1932
3. Photography in Fashionable New York, 1932–1934
4. Egypt and First Marriage, 1934–1937
5. Escape from Egypt, 1937–1939
6. ‘Grim Glory’: Wartime London, 1939–1944
7. Lee’s War, 1944–1945
8. Spinning It Out: Austria, 1945
9. The Last Waltz: Eastern Europe, 1945–1946
10. Winged Serpents: Married Life in Hampstead and Sussex, 1946–1956
11. Food, Friends and Faraway Places
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                                                          'Antony Penrose lovingly and entertainingly pulls together the diverse threads of his mother's remarkable life' The Times
                                                      
 
                                              Produktdetaljer
ISBN
                    
            9780500294284
      
                  Publisert
                     2021-07-15 
                  Utgiver
                    Thames & Hudson Ltd
                  Vekt
                     360 gr
                  Høyde
                     198 mm
                  Bredde
                     129 mm
                  Aldersnivå
                     G, UU, 01, 05
                  Språk
                    
  Product language
              Engelsk
          Format
                    
  Product format
              Heftet
          Antall sider
                     320
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