Recently I stumbled upon the photography of Lee Miller whose pictures are beautiful, tragic, and iconic. Miller was first known as a model for Vogue then became student, lover, and muse to Man-Ray during the late 1920's and early 1930's. She appeared in many of Man-Ray's most famous photographs of that era. For a time she worked as Man-Ray's assistant so that he could concentrate on his painting. Miller even took on his fashion assignments. Interestingly, many of the pictures accredited to Man-Ray while Lee was his assistant were actually taken by her. During and after her time with Man-Ray she developed her craft as a photographer, opened her own studio in Paris and became active in the Surrealist movement. As World War II intensified, she dedicated herself to photojournalism and became war correspondent/photographer for Vogue and Life Magazine. Her family pleaded for her return to the states while London was bombed but Miller refused and continued to be a presence on the front lines. Her pictures covered war time, devastation, sorrow, pain, poverty, loss, and post-war life. Miller captured the war and produced a dazzling array of images all across war torn London and Europe.
Check out to see a virtual gallery of her photography;
http://www.leemiller.co.uk/virtualexhbframe.aspx
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