Lovers, collaborators, friends: the story of two inventive icons of 20th-century photography
This volume pays homage to Lee Miller (1907–77)—pioneer of Surrealist photography, war correspondent, muse and icon—and places her emphatically on a par with Man Ray (1890–1976), whose work tended to overshadow her both during her lifetime and subsequently. Through approximately 140 photographs by Miller and Man Ray, plus art works and archival imagery loaned by the Lee Miller Archives and Fondazione Marconi, Lee Miller & Man Ray: Fashion, Love, War reveals a deep but complicated relationship. Man Ray met Miller in the spring of 1929 at a Paris bar called the Bateau Ivre. Miller was seeking photography lessons; Ray said he didn't take students and was about to depart for a vacation in Biarritz. "So am I," she replied, becoming his apprentice and then lover. They soon established creative parity, and together discovered the solarization technique; solarized works by Miller were at the time frequently attributed to Man Ray. Alongside Miller’s iconic war photography, Fashion, Love, War also presents portraits by Man Ray of friends and important protagonists of the time, such as Max Ernst, Pablo Picasso, Giorgio de Chirico, Jean Cocteau and Salvador Dalí, and Surrealist portraits of Miller.
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Featured image—a Man Ray portrait of Lee Miller, c. 1930—is reproduced from Lee Miller & Man Ray: Fashion, Love, War, the new release from Skira, perfectly timed for the current mania for all things Lee Miller. Whether you’re looking forward to Gagosian’s big November exhibition of Lee Miller and friends or awaiting the release of the upcoming Lee Miller biopic starring Kate Winslet, if you’re a fan of her work, or her riveting life story, this is the book for you. Collecting work by or depicting Miller alongside work by her teacher and lover Man Ray, this fascinating volume reveals a deep and complicated relationship between two of the great photographers of the twentieth century—whose love triangle with English artist, historian and poet Roland Penrose is also explicated here in depth. continue to blog
Featured image—a Man Ray portrait of Lee Miller, c. 1930—is reproduced from Lee Miller & Man Ray: Fashion, Love, War, the new release from Skira, perfectly timed for the current mania for all things Lee Miller. Whether you’re looking forward to Gagosian’s big November exhibition of Lee Miller and friends or awaiting the release of the upcoming Lee Miller biopic starring Kate Winslet, if you’re a fan of her work, or her riveting life story, this is the book for you. Collecting work by or depicting Miller alongside work by her teacher and lover Man Ray, this fascinating volume reveals a deep and complicated relationship between two of the great photographers of the twentieth century—whose love triangle with English artist, historian and poet Roland Penrose is also explicated here in depth. continue to blog
FORMAT: Hbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 188 pgs / 155 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $38.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $55 ISBN: 9788857244150 PUBLISHER: SKIRA AVAILABLE: 9/26/2023 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Active AVAILABILITY: In stock TERRITORY: NA ONLY
Published by SKIRA. Edited by Victoria Noel-Johnson.
Lovers, collaborators, friends: the story of two inventive icons of 20th-century photography
This volume pays homage to Lee Miller (1907–77)—pioneer of Surrealist photography, war correspondent, muse and icon—and places her emphatically on a par with Man Ray (1890–1976), whose work tended to overshadow her both during her lifetime and subsequently. Through approximately 140 photographs by Miller and Man Ray, plus art works and archival imagery loaned by the Lee Miller Archives and Fondazione Marconi, Lee Miller & Man Ray: Fashion, Love, War reveals a deep but complicated relationship.
Man Ray met Miller in the spring of 1929 at a Paris bar called the Bateau Ivre. Miller was seeking photography lessons; Ray said he didn't take students and was about to depart for a vacation in Biarritz. "So am I," she replied, becoming his apprentice and then lover. They soon established creative parity, and together discovered the solarization technique; solarized works by Miller were at the time frequently attributed to Man Ray. Alongside Miller’s iconic war photography, Fashion, Love, War also presents portraits by Man Ray of friends and important protagonists of the time, such as Max Ernst, Pablo Picasso, Giorgio de Chirico, Jean Cocteau and Salvador Dalí, and Surrealist portraits of Miller.
