{"product_id":"the-lives-of-lee-miller-the-inspiration-for-the-major-motion-picture-aolee-ao-9780500297520","title":"The Lives of Lee Miller: The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture ‘Lee’","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescribed by the Sunday Times as 'a fascinating revelation of an adventurous and protean spirit', this biography is the inspiration behind the 2024 film \u003ci\u003eLee\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Kate Winslet as Lee Miller.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Beautiful, bewitching and an exceptionally good photographer, Lee Miller was one of life's adventurers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9780500297520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: Seventh edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 29 Aug 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Thames \u0026amp; Hudson Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.8(H)x12.9(L)360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 360\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eAntony Penrose is a British photographer. The son of Sir Roland Penrose and Lee Miller, Penrose is director of the Lee Miller Archive and Penrose Collection at his parents' former home, Farley Farm House.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e'Antony Penrose lovingly and entertainingly pulls together the diverse threads of his mother’s remarkable life' - The Times\u003cbr\u003e'A fascinating revelation of an adventurous and protean spirit ' - Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e'A marvellously balanced narrative' - The New Yorker\u003cbr\u003e'Eminently readable and thoroughly enjoyable' - British Journal of Photography\u003cbr\u003e'Sure to entertain photography lovers and history buffs alike' - The New Criterion","brand":"Antony Penrose","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48717335855321,"sku":"9780500297520","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/81q3xIA8iIL._SL1500.jpg?v=1779023627","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/the-lives-of-lee-miller-the-inspiration-for-the-major-motion-picture-aolee-ao-9780500297520","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}