Antony Penrose

The Lives of Lee Miller

Ce livre brosse le portrait fascinant d'une femme libre et engagée. Photojournaliste, correspondante de guerre, artiste surréaliste, Lee Miller a été l'une des femmes photographes les plus importantes du XXe siècle. Initiée à la photographie dès son plus jeune âge, elle a perfectionné son art à Paris, où elle a fréquenté des artistes d'avant-garde comme Jean Cocteau, Picasso et Man Ray avec qui elle a longuement collaboré.
Après avoir ouvert son propre studio de photographie à New York, faisant d'elle une photographe reconnue, elle se rend au Moyen-Orient et en Europe avant d'y devenir reporter de guerre. Expérience bouleversante qui la marqua profondément, c'est aussi au cours de cette période qu'elle prit nombre de ses photos les plus emblématiques.

Lee Miller Photographies

Image based book on the Surrealist photography of Lee Miller. Essay of approx 7500 words by her son Antony Penrose included and extended captions supplied for 100 images.

Surrealist Lee Miller

Beyond D-Day

Lee Miller's War

Photographer, 1907-1977

The Legendary Lee Miller

A highly readable biography of uniquely talented artist Lee Miller, now in compact paperback. Collected 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. Starting 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. A highly readable biography of a uniquely talented artist, The Lives of Lee Miller is now published in compact paperback.

Written by Anthony Penrose, son of American photographer and feminist icon Lee Miller and British artist Roland Penrose, this work provides a personal insight into their life together at Farley Farm, Sussex where they played host to some of the greatest 20th-century artists.

Lee Miller, Roland Penrose and Their Circle at Farley Farm

The Home of the Surrealists

The Home of the Surrealists gives a brilliant insight into life at Farleys House, the famous Sussex home of photographer Lee Miller and Surrealist artist Roland Penrose. Written by the couple's son, Antony Penrose, this volume gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at what life on the farm was like for its residents and famed visitors. An outstanding balance of scholarly expertise and personal experience, Penrose's personal approach engages the reader on many levels. He discusses every aspect of Farleys House openly, from his long expeditions in farm woodlands with Timmie O'Brien, Vogue managing editor of the time, to avoiding Miller's temper and irrationality at times when her post-traumatic stress disorder led her to drink. The various artists that visited the home in Penrose's time included Max Ernst, Dorothea Tanning, Joan Miró, and Pablo Picasso, whom Penrose famously bit and was bitten by in return. The book, originally published in 2001, has been re-photographed by Tony Tree to include newly restored rooms and capture the visual delights of the house. Penrose's extensive knowledge of all things related to Farleys House, Lee Miller, and Roland Penrose also opens up new interpretations of his parent's artwork. With 150 exceptional photographs, accompanied by Penrose's intimate understanding of the décor and ambience of Farleys, The Home of the Surrealists captures the essence of the house for the reader.

Lee Miller, Roland Penrose and Their Circle at Farley Farm House

A highly readable biography of uniquely talented artist Lee Miller, now in compact paperback.

Pablo Picasso

This delighful childrens book is a wonderful introduction to Picasso. It tells the true story of Antony Penrose son of the photographer Lee Miller and the painter and writer Roland Penrose and his childhood friendship with the great artist. Some sixty-five enchanting illustrations accompany the text, including Picassos most appealing artworks, plus evocative archive photography by Lee Miller. An inspiring look at the creative practices of an artist, this is an illustrated book to enthral and inspire young art fans of four and over.

The Boy who Bit Picasso

Hilary Roberts

Lee Miller photographed innumerable women during her career, first as a fashion photographer and then as a journalist during the Second World War, documenting the social consequences of the conflict, particularly the impact of the war on women across Europe. Her work as a war photographer is perhaps that for which she is best remembered - in fact she was among the 20th century's most important photographers on the subject. Published to coincide with an exhibition at the Imperial War Museum, Lee Miller: A Woman's War tells the story beyond the battlefields of the Second World War by way of Miller's extraordinary photographs of the women whose lives were affected. Introductions by Hilary Roberts and Antony Penrose, Lee Miller's son, precede Miller's work, which is divided into chronological chapters. Miller's photographs, many previously unpublished, are accompanied by extended captions that place the images within the context of women's roles within the landscape of war.

Antony Penrose

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