Why read The Lives of Lee Miller?

Book cover of The Lives of Lee Miller: The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture 'Lee'

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Described by the Sunday Times as 'a fascinating revelation of an adventurous and protean spirit', this biography is the inspiration behind the 2024 film Lee, starring Kate Winslet as Lee Miller.

Beautiful, bewitching and an exceptionally good photographer, Lee Miller was one of life's adventurers.

She became a Vogue cover…

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2 authors picked The Lives of Lee Miller as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Maggie Humm

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Written by Lee Miller’s son, the book brings to life one of the twentieth century’s great photographers. The actress Kate Winslet claims that the book inspired her to create the 2024 prize-winning film Lee in which Winslet stars as Lee and portrays all of Miller’s multiple lives: as model, as friend of Picasso and other artists, and as a war photographer. An immensely talented photographer, Lee’s move from Vogue cover model to documenting the liberation of Dachau after WWII matches the turbulent moments of her time and is an inspiration.

From Maggie's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

Robert David Crane

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Antony Penrose shares the unique world of his mother, model-photographer-writer Lee Miller, whose restless lifestyle drove her from Vogue magazine to artist dens - including Picasso and Man Ray - to the battlefronts of World War 2. Every female should be proud of her.

From Robert's 3 favorite reads in 2024.