![]() ![]() Furthermore, and as importantly, I admire Lee's talent and I can relate to her free spirit and photographic style. This led me to discover Surrealism and my love for photography and of the 1930's. My Mother had bought me a Surrealist book featuring solarised portraits that looked magical to me, and I found Lee’s "Fire Masks" intriguing. Misia-O’ says: “I discovered the works of Lee Miller aged 11. Ami Bouhassane, Lee Miller’s granddaughter, and Co-director of Lee Miller Archives will talk with Misia-O’ about Misia-O’s work, as well as her grandmother’s intrepid life and career as a photographer, during an invitation only vernissage on Wednesday 6th of July at Belle Beau Gallery. The exhibition will take place from 4th to 31st July at Belle Beau Gallery, an art and photography gallery located in a 17th century Hôtel Particulier in the heart of Arles, during the festival of Les Rencontres d’Arles. In the later part of her life, Miller turned to surrealist cooking in her home, Farleys, England, where the Lee Miller Archives are held and managed by her son Antony Penrose and granddaughter Ami Bouhassane. On the floor by the bath stand Miller’s boots, covered with the filth of Dachau prison camp which she had come from that morning. There she took the iconic self-portrait in Hitler’s bath. Miller was living in Hitler’s private apartment in Munich when his death was announced. For some of her war reportage she teamed up with Life Magazine photographer David E Scherman. Miller was one of a handful of female war correspondents with the Allied troops, and thought to be the only one that was attached to the US Army that covered combat. Miller’s beauty and relationships with well-known artists and perceived role as ‘muse’ often overshadowed her incredible accomplishments as a surrealist, portrait and fashion photographer and war correspondent with US forces during World War II. Miller discovered the solarisation technique by accident and developed it further with Man Ray. In the 1929 Miller moved to Paris where she met Surrealist Man Ray, she quickly became his student, lover and collaborator before opening her own studio in the city. She went behind the camera, opened her first portrait studio in Paris 1930 and became a portrait, advertising and fashion photographer for Vogue and other magazines (including Vanity Fair, Lilliput, Picture Post and LIFE), during the 30s and 40s. Lee Miller became a favourite Vogue model, and later on a model for famous photographers and artists such as Steichen, Cocteau, Picasso, and Man Ray. After being discovered by Conde Nast in New York in the 1920’s. ‘The Spirit’ of Lee Miller’ is the 6th consecutive exhibition of Misia-O’ during Les Rencontres d’Arles, following ‘Different Shades of Black’ in 2019, ‘Different Shades of White’ in 2021, and ‘Different Shades of Yellow’ in 2020, for which Misia-O’ was awarded the prestigious ‘Prix du Jury’ by le Salon des Beaux Arts. ‘The Spirit of Lee Miller’ photography exhibition is the first of a series dedicated to female artists eclipsed by their titles of Muses. ![]() ‘The Spirit of Lee Miller’ by Misia-O’ is a new exhibition featuring a capsule portrait photography series. ![]() Photographer Misia-O’ will unveil 4 large format photographs inspired by Lee Miller in Arles in an exhibition titled ‘The Spirit of Lee Miller’, which will also feature a bespoke perfume inspired by the explosive magnificence of Miller, a limited edition art book and an NFT.Īt ‘The Spirit of Lee Miller’ vernissage at Belle Beau Gallery on Wednesday 6th of July, there will be an ‘In Conversation’ between Misia-O’ and Ami Bouhassane, Lee Miller’s granddaughter and Co-director of Farleys House & Gallery Ltd, the company that manages the Lee Miller Archives. ![]()
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