Lee Miller, the photographer behind Ferragamo's spring 2027 show: Vogue model, Man Ray's partner, Cairo from 1934, war correspondent
Lee Miller was a New York fashion model in the 1920s, Man Ray's partner in Paris from 1929, a resident of Cairo from 1934 and an accredited war correspondent from the winter of 1942.
Ferragamo built its spring 2027 show in Milan on her Egypt years, after Maximilian Davis saw her retrospective at the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, organised with Tate Britain and the Art Institute of Chicago with around 250 prints.
In Paris she and Man Ray rediscovered solarisation. In the desert she made Portrait of Space in 1937. On 30 April 1945 she was photographed in the bathtub of Hitler's Munich apartment. She died in 1977.
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01LEE MILLER: A NEW YORK FASHION MODEL IN THE 1920S, MAN RAY'S PARTNER IN PARIS FROM 1929, CAIRO FROM 1934, A WAR CORRESPONDENT FROM 1942.
02FERRAGAMO BUILT ITS SPRING 2027 SHOW IN MILAN ON HER YEARS IN EGYPT, AFTER MAXIMILIAN DAVIS SAW HER RETROSPECTIVE IN PARIS.
03THAT RETROSPECTIVE RAN AT THE MUSÉE D'ART MODERNE DE PARIS IN 2026, WITH AROUND 250 PRINTS, ORGANISED WITH TATE BRITAIN AND THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO.
04IN PARIS SHE AND MAN RAY REDISCOVERED THE PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE OF SOLARISATION.
05IN 1934 SHE MARRIED THE EGYPTIAN BUSINESSMAN AZIZ ELOUI BEY AND MOVED TO CAIRO. THE DESERT PHOTOGRAPHS FOLLOWED, AMONG THEM PORTRAIT OF SPACE, 1937.
06IN THE WINTER OF 1942 SHE BECAME ONE OF THE FEW WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS ACCREDITED AS A WAR CORRESPONDENT. SHE WORKED FOR VOGUE.
07ON 30 APRIL 1945 SHE WAS PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE BATHTUB OF HITLER'S MUNICH APARTMENT. SHE DIED IN 1977.