Antony Penrose

* Mujer de gran belleza y personalidad cautivadora, y fotógrafa excepcional, Lee Miller fue, por encima de todo, una aventurera. * En los años veinte, fue chica de portada de Vogue en Nueva York. Lo

A Picasso le encantaba divertirse y a los niños nos dejaba jugar con las cosas, pero se enfadaba mucho con los adultos como le tocaran algo , recuerda el autor. Este libro cuenta una historia real. La de Anthony Penrose, hijo de la fotografa Lee Miller y del pintor y escritor Roland Penrose. Anthony nos cuenta en este libro sus recuerdos de infancia con un compañero de juegos muy especial, un artista famoso en todo el mundo que un dia fue desde Francia a visitarlos. Se llamaba Pablo Picasso. Esta obra contiene 67 esplendidas ilustraciones (22 en color), entre ellas muchas obras de arte de Picasso, fotografias de Lee Miller y algunos dibujos infantiles, encargados para esta edicion.

One hundred of the most outstanding photographs taken by photographer model and Surrealist muse Lee Miller published in anticipation of the November 2023 release of the film Lee starring Kate Winslet as Lee Miller Photojournalist war correspondent model and Surrealist muse Lee Miller was one of the most important women photographers of the twentieth century working in the fields of photojournalism fashion portraiture and advertising This book presents 100 of Miller s finest works in a single volume Introduced to photography at an early age Lee Miller honed her craft in Paris where she associated with the Surrealists and avant garde artists including Jean Cocteau and Picasso Together with Man Ray she accidentally discovered the distinctive technique of solarization to create mesmerizing halo effects After establishing her own photographic studio in New York where she became a prominent commercial photographer she then moved to the Middle East and Europe before becoming the official war photographer for Vogue a period during which she took many of her most iconic photographs This evocative book collects Lee Miller s most famous documentary fashion and war works as well as photographs of Miller all carefully compiled by her son the photographer Anto

Described by the Sunday Times as 'a fascinating revelation of an adventurous and protean spirit, this biography is inspiration behind the 2024 film Lee, starring Kate Winslet as Lee Miller.Beautiful, bewitching and an exceptionally good photographer, Lee Miller was one of lifes adventurers.She became a Vogue cover girl in 1920s New York before embracing Paris, photography and Surrealism, and then dramatically changed her life yet again, reinventing herself as a war correspondent, notably covering the liberation of Dachau.These are but three of the many lives of Lee Miller, intimately recorded here by her son, Antony Penrose. Featuring a selection of Millers finest work, including portraits of her friends Picasso, Tanning and Ernst, Penroses tribute to his mother brings to life a uniquely talented woman and the turbulent times in which she lived.

Lee Miller''s work for Vogue from 1941 - 1945 sets her apart as a photographer and writer of extraordinary ability. She had worked for Vogue on fashion assignments at the start of the war, photographing Dylan Thomas, Margot Fonteyn and James Mason as well as Henry Moore sketching in the air raid shelters of London. After D-Day and for the remainder of the war Miller followed the US Army across Europe, giving Vogue an extraordinary hotline to the front in France, and giving the world some of the most powerful photographs of the Second World War ever to appear. In Lee Miller''s War, twelve of ...

Lee Miller s work for Vogue from 1941 1945 sets her apart as a photographer and writer of extraordinary ability The quality of her photography from the period has long been recognized as outstanding and its full range is shown here accompanied by her brilliant despatches Starting with her first report from a field hospital soon after D Day the despatches and nearly 160 photographs show war ravaged cities buildings and landscapes but above all they portray the war resilient people soldiers leaders medics evacuees prisoners of war the wounded the villains and the heroes There is the raw edge of combat portrayed at the siege of St Malo and in the bitterly fought Alsace campaign and the disbelief and outrage Miller describes on witnessing the victims of Dachau The war s horror is relieved by the spirit of post liberation Paris where she inudulged in frivoluous fashions and recorded memorable conversations with Picasso Cocteau Eluard Aragon and Colette The book ends with Miller s first on the scene report giving a sardonic description of HItler s abandoned house in Munich and the looting and burning of his alpine fortress at Berchtesgaden which marked a symbolic end to the war David E Scherman the renowned war photojournalist wh

Described by the Sunday Times as a fascinating revelation of an adventurous and protean spirit this biography is the inspiration behind the 2024 film Lee starring Kate Winslet as Lee Miller Beautiful bewitching and an exceptionally good photographer Lee Miller was one of life s adventurers She became a Vogue cover girl in 1920s New York before embracing Paris photography and Surrealism and then dramatically changed her life yet again reinventing herself as a war correspondent notably covering the liberation of Dachau These are but three of the many lives of Lee Miller intimately recorded here by her son Antony Penrose Featuring a selection of Miller s finest work including portraits of her friends Picasso Tanning and Ernst Penrose s tribute to his mother brings to life a uniquely talented woman and the turbulent times in which she lived

* Cien de las fotografías más destacadas realizadas por la fotógrafa, modelo y musa surrealista Lee Miller, publicadas como anticipo de la película Lee protagonizada por Kate Winslet en el papel de la fotografa. * Fotoperiodista, corresponsal de guerra, modelo y musa surrealista, Lee Miller fue una de las mujeres fotografas mas importantes del siglo xx, que trabajo en los campos del fotoperiodismo, la moda, el retrato y la publicidad. * Este evocador libro recopila los trabajos documentales, de moda y belicos mas famosos de Lee Miller, asi como imagenes cuidadosamente recopiladas por su hijo, el fotografo Antony Penrose, con un prologo de la actriz Kate Winslet. Lee Miller se inicio en la fotografia a una edad temprana, perfecciono su oficio en Paris, donde se relaciono con los surrealistas y artistas de vanguardia como Jean Cocteau y Picasso. Junto con Man Ray, descubrio accidentalmente la tecnica distintiva de la solarizacion para crear fascinantes efectos de halo. Despues de establecer su propio estudio fotografico en Nueva York, donde se convirtio en una destacada fotografa comercial, se mudo a Oriente Proximo y Europa antes de convertirse en la fotografa de guerra oficial de Vogue, un periodo durante el cual tomo muchas de sus fotografias mas iconicas.

Contiene más de 60 ilustraciones, incluidas varias obras de Joan Miró, fotografías de Lee Miller y dibujos realizados por niños, que se inspiraron en la obra del artista.¿Te imaginas cómo sería ir al zoo con un pintor famoso? Esta es la extraordinaria historia que nos cuenta Antony Penrose de las visitas que les hacia en su infancia, en la granja familiar, el genial artista Joan Miro, un hombre que soñaba cuando estaba despierto y pintaba universos rebosantes de criaturas magicas.Contiene mas de 60 ilustraciones, incluidas varias obras de Joan Miro, fotografias de Lee Miller y dibujos realizados por niños, que se inspiraron en la obra del artista.