Diapositiva 1
Anna Leska, White Waltham air field, England, 1942
He was born on April 23, 1907 in Poughkeepsie in upstate New
York. His parents were Theodor and Florence Miller. His father, of
German descent, was an amateur photographer and often used his
daughter as a model for his photographs, among which are quite
naked performed with the stereoscopic technique; also he taught
their children to take pictures since childhood.
At 19 she met Cond Nast, Vogue magazine founder, who began her
modeling career.
ATS officers getting changed in Camberley, Surrey, 1944
Credit: Lee Miller
An exhausted nurse at the 44th evacuation hospital, Normandy,
France, 1944
Wartime photography, will run at the IWM London from 15th
October to 24th April.
Homeless children in Budapest, Hungary, 1946. Millers first
assignment after the war.
A French woman is accused of collaborating with the Germans,
Rennes, France, 1944
Lee followed the Army on into Germany. She was a stunning Aryan
beauty, usually smoking a cigarette,and wearing a hodge podge of US
Army and civilian clothes.
Credit: Lee Miller
Lee Miller in steel helmet specially designed for using a
camera, Normandy, France 1944 by unknown photographer Photographer
Unknown
Lee Miller's photograph of Wrens preparing depth charges
A tired mother and son wait at a crossroads for transport,
Luxembourg, 1945
The iconic image of American photographer Lee Miller in Adolf
Hitler's bathtub in Munich. The image was taken on April 30, 1945,
the day Hitler committed suicide in Berlin
This photo taken at Picasso studio, her posing topless at a
surrealist picnic. All the images are held at Millers final home,
Farley Farm in East Sussex, England.
Lee Miller 1940
Women in fire masks, Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London, 1941
In 1944 Lee heard a rumour that her beloved Paris was on the
verge of liberation. She headed to the French capital knowing that
she might not be the 'first woman journalist on the scene' but she
would be the 'first dame photographer'
Lee Miller (right) with art critic Frederick Laws (left) at a
theatre performance in 1950.
US Service women at a fashion salon, Paris, France, 1944.
Credit: Lee Miller
Credit: Lee Miller
Lee Miller in Uniform, London, 1944. Photograph by David E
Scherman Lee Miller
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