The Lives of Lee Miller cover art

The Lives of Lee Miller

 Preview

Get 30 days of Standard free

£5.99/mo after trial. Cancel monthly.
Try for £0.00
More purchase options

The Lives of Lee Miller

By: Antony Penrose
Narrated by: Esther Wane, Adam Grayson
Try for £0.00

£5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for £13.58

Buy Now for £13.58

About this listen

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING KATE WINSLET

Lee Miller, 1927 - New York: A classically beautiful young woman, she is discovered by Condé Nast, hits the cover of Vogue and is immortalized by Steichen, Hoyningen-Huene, Horst and other famous photographers.

Lee Miller, 1929 - Paris: Protégé and lover of Man Ray, she invents with him the solarization technique of photography, develops into a brilliant Surrealist photographer, and plays the statue in Cocteau's film Blood of a Poet.

Lee Miller, 1939-45 - Europe: Living at times with her future husband, the painter Roland Penrose, she becomes a US war correspondent and covers the siege of St Malo and the liberation of Paris. Her photographs of Dachau concentration camp shock the world.

These are but three of the many lives of Lee Miller, intimately recorded here by her son, Antony Penrose. Featuring a selection of her finest work, including portraits of her friends Picasso, Ernst and Miró, Penrose's tribute to his mother brings to life a uniquely talented woman and the turbulent times in which she lived.

“A fascinating revelation of an adventurous and protean spirit.” - Sunday Times

©2021 Anthony Penrose (P)2023 W. F. Howes Ltd Art Art & Literature Artists, Architects & Photographers Photography Women War
All stars
Most relevant
Fascinating storytelling of an amazing woman who had so many talents and some demons as well

What a woman

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This isn’t normally my choice of type of book, but I’ve read it for a book club. It was nice to read something different and a true story too

What a varied life she led!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Really interesting listen and learning about the life of Lee Miller. The voice over of the male artist was captivating,
Would highly recommend.

Gripping listen

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The film - Lee - while it is very good, doesn't describe the complexities and chaos of Lee Miller. Remarkably, her son has examined her life with great compassion, and insight in spite of the neglect and hurt she caused him in his early life.

An extraordinary story of survival, physical and emotional

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
what struck me most is how Kate Winslet's superb portrayal should have been a trilogy. Lee Miller was a truly remarkable woman and her life is clearly in three or probably four major parts- her childhood, her modelling career and photography learning, the war and her old age post war, suffering from acute PTSD. The world needs more like her and Kate - please make the prequel and sequel to your fabulous film without which I wouldn't have listened to the book.

better than the film

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews