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New York, 1927: giovane donna dalla bellezza classica, Lee Miller è "scoperta" da Condé Nast, compare sulla copertina di "Vogue" e viene immortalata dai più grandi fotografi del tempo, tra cui Steichen, Hoyningen-Huene e Horst. Parigi, 1928: amica di Eluard e di Picasso, allieva e compagna di Man Ray, inventa con lui la tecnica della solarizzazione, diventa una brillante fotografa e interpreta il ruolo della statua in "Le Sang d'un poète" di Jean Cocteau. Europa, 1944-1945: corrispondente di guerra, è l'unica donna al seguito delle truppe alleate, dalle coste della Normandia ai campi di sterminio, al "nido dell'aquila" di Adolf Hitler in Baviera. Le sue fotografie di Dachau sconvolgono il mondo intero. Queste sono solo tre delle molteplici "vite" di Lee Miller, raccontate dal figlio Antony, nato dalla sua unione con il pittore surrealista Roland Penrose. Di questa eroina sorprendente quanto bella e intrepida, il fotografo David Scherman diceva che "ha incarnato quant'altre mai la nuova donna della metà del Novecento". Arricchito da oltre centocinquanta fotografie in duotone - tra cui anche alcuni ritratti firmati dai più grandi fotografi - il libro ripercorre l'esistenza di quella che fu per certo una delle donne più straordinarie del suo tempo.
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- Pagine: 215
- Data di uscita: 04-11-2009
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An illustrated biography of Lee Miller from a son's perspective For fans of the artist, fashion icon, journalist, photographer and gourmet chef Lee Miller, I am reviewing a series of the many books about her astonishingly varied creative life. In this review, I am commenting on what was considered th Leggi tutto
A couple of weeks ago I read an article in a magazine about this extraordinary lady Lee Miller. What I couldn't understand was how I never heard about her because she was in Paris, France during the late 1920's and then, on and off, throughout the 1930's. She hung out with the likes of Picasso, was
From the most beautiful navel of Paris to a daring war correspondent and photographer, Lee Miller’s life is as outrageous as it is impressive. Some highlights: - Demanding to be Man Ray’s first student, living with him for 3 years, and developing so entwined a style that neither of them saw the poin Leggi tutto
I had had this book quite a while, but had restricted myself to casually flicking through the photographs and hadn't read too much about the woman who made them. How glad I am I finally bothered to read the book. Lee Miller was larger than life: a model, a lover, a surrealist, photographer, a muse , Leggi tutto
Model, photographer, muse, cook ; working in fashion and then becoming a war reporter during WW2, moving Vogue articles from catwalks to battlefields, while still taking portraits of and befriending royals, the whole gang of Surrealists and making the whole of Europe, America and the Middle East fal Leggi tutto
A fascinating portrait of a woman who's done it all, with flair, style, and finesse. Many thanks to NetGalley for the ARC/audiobook which I enjoyed immensely.
What a ride. For the first third of the book I felt I didn’t hear Lee’s voice, I only saw her through the lens (!) of others. During the war, thanks to her writing (amazing process there) I started to understand her - or at least felt that I did. It cannot go without comment that this was written by Leggi tutto
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