Lee Miller

On Both Sides of the Camera

Carolyn Burke

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Bloomsbury
01 January 2007

Individual photographers; Biography; Biography: general

THE FIRST FULL-LENGTH BIOGRAPHY OF LEGENDARY PHOTOGRAPHER LEE MILLER

‘Lee Miller was an astounding woman, brought memorably to life in this astounding book' - Daily Telegraph

‘Does its perplexingly complicated subject more than justice, adding welcome depths and nuances to the familiar legend' - Sunday Times

'A serious and gripping biography from Carolyn Burke' - Boyd Tonkin, Independent

Lee Miller was one of the most extraordinary photographers of the twentieth century, famous for her portraits and devastating photographs of World War Two, as well as for her legendary beauty.

An art student and a Vogue model, she was a close friend of artists such as Picasso, Cocteau, Max Ernst and Paul Eluard, and became a muse of Man Ray and the Parisian surrealists. One of the few female photographers to enter Hitler's Germany, she was the first to access his Munich home and among the first to document the liberation of the concentration camps.

Carolyn Burke captures Lee Miller in all her complexity, unveiling the glittering art world of the thirties and forties of which she was a central figure. Meticulously researched, beautifully written, this is an enthralling account of one of the most fascinating women of her era.

By: Carolyn Burke
Imprint: Bloomsbury
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 380g
ISBN: 9780747581192
ISBN 10: 0747581193
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 01 January 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author Website: http://www.bloomsbury.com/Authors/details.aspx?tpid=2774

Carolyn Burke was born in Australia. A biographer, translator and art critic, she met and interviewed Lee Miller while conducting research for her previous biography, Becoming Modern: The Life of Mina Loy. Her many articles and translations from the French have appeared in such magazines as Art In America, The New Yorker, PN Review, Pink, Hemispheres, and Poetry Flash. She lives in Santa Cruz, California and spends as much time as she can in Paris.

Reviews for Lee Miller: On Both Sides of the Camera

"‘Lee Miller was an astounding woman, brought memorably to life in this astounding book' * Daily Telegraph * ‘Lee Miller ""the Surrealist icon turned wartime heroine behind the lens"" attracts a serious, and gripping biography from Carolyn Burke' * Boyd Tonkin, Independent * ‘Lee Miller does its perplexingly complicated subject more than justice, adding welcome depths and nuances to the familiar legend' * Sunday Times * ‘Burke opens up the story of Lee's life. She offers many incredible stories and passages of considerable insight' * Daily Mail *"