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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