{"product_id":"the-lives-of-lee-miller-9780500294284","title":"The Lives of Lee Miller","description":"\u003cp\u003eCollected in this compelling volume are the many lives of Lee Miller, intimately recorded by her son, Antony Penrose, whose years of work on her photographic archives have unearthed a rich selection of her finest work, including portraits of her friends Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Max Ernst, Paul Eluard, and Joan Miró.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarting in 1927 in New York, this volume chronicles Lee Miller as she is discovered as a model by Condé Nast, hits the cover of Vogue, and is immortalized by Edward Steichen, George Hoyningen-Huene, Horst P. Horst, and other acclaimed photographers. From there, readers follow Miller to Paris where she, along with Man Ray, invented the solarization technique of photography, and where she developed into a brilliant Surrealist photographer. Finally, this account covers the later chapters of her life, when she became a war correspondent during World WarII, traveling with the Allied armies to cover the siege of Saint-Malo and the liberation of Paris, which lead to her photographs of the Dachau concentration camp that shocked the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA highly readable biography of a uniquely talented artist, \u003cem\u003eThe Lives of Lee Miller\u003c\/em\u003e is now published in compact paperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePenrose, Antony:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eAntony Penrose\u003c\/strong\u003e is a photographer and author. The son of Sir Roland Penrose and Lee Miller, he is director of the Lee Miller Archive and Penrose Collection at his parents' former home, Farley Farm House. He has published a number of books, including a collection of his mother's photography, \u003cem\u003eLee Miller's War\u003c\/em\u003e, and some children's books.","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50618897891602,"sku":"9780500294284","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ccf0fec2-d61c-4700-bf0e-2f2c3bb4f911.jpg?v=1732542589","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-lives-of-lee-miller-9780500294284","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}