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"The Lives of Lee Miller"
2001-12-06 until 2002-01-31
Gallery of Photography
Dublin, , IE Ireland

The American Lee Miller (1907-1977) was one of the most remarkable photographers of the 20th century. She recorded some of that century's darkest and most shameful episodes as well as many of its creative and liberating geniuses.

Lee Miller, 1927, New York. A classically beautiful young woman, Lee Miller is discovered by Condé Nast, hits the cover of Vogue and is immortalised by Steichen, Hoynigen-Huene, Horst and other famous photographs. While modelling for them, she learns their craft and resolves to become a photographer herself.

Lee Miller, 1929, Paris. Protégé and lover of Man Ray, she invents with him the solarisation technique of photography, develops into a brilliant surrealist photographer and establishes lifelong friendships with Picasso, Jean Cocteau, Max Ernst and many other leading artists.

Lee Miller, 1939-45, Europe. An accredited US Forces War Correspondent, Miller travels through France and Germany photographing the front lines and sending back extraordinary images and articles which dominated Vogue for over two years. She was the first at the scene of the siege of St Malo, and recorded the first use of napalm. Perhaps most famously, she brought home searing pictures and reports from the liberation of Dachau which shocked the world.

These are but three of the many lives of Lee Miller. This major retrospective at the Gallery of Photography presents Irish audiences with their first opportunity to discover the many facets of one woman's extraordinary career. A fascinating book, The Lives of Lee Miller accompanies the exhibition and is available in the Gallery Bookshop.

IMAGE:
Picasso, Villa la Californie,
France 1958
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