1901–1983 · United States · Photographer
Lisette Model
Frank, close-up street portraits with a blunt humanism.
Promenade des Anglais, 1934Source: Wikipedia
PHOTOGRAPHER · 1907–1977 · UNITED STATES
Lee Miller
Surrealist photography and fearless war reportage.
- Born
- 1907
- Died
- 1977
- Country
- United States
- Field
- Photographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1937Portrait of Space
- 1945Dachau and Buchenwald (for Vogue)
WHY THEY MATTER
Vogue war correspondent who covered the liberation of Paris and the camps at Buchenwald and Dachau; shown in the Museum of Modern Art's Britain at War and The Family of Man; exhibition The Art of Lee Miller at the Victoria and Albert Museum (2007-2008).
THE LIFE
Miller was a fashion model in New York before going to Paris in 1929 to work with Man Ray, becoming a fashion and fine-art photographer close to the Surrealists. During the Second World War she worked as a photographer and correspondent for Vogue, covering the London Blitz, the liberation of Paris and the camps at Buchenwald and Dachau. A picture of her in the bathtub of Hitler's apartment, taken by her colleague David Scherman, became famous. Her reputation as a photographer was restored after her son discovered and promoted her work.
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Ansel Adams
Sharp black-and-white landscapes of the American West with full tonal range.
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941Source: Wikipedia
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Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Poetic, quietly surreal views of Mexican life.
Striking Worker, Assassinated, 1934Source: Wikipedia
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Modernist portraits and street pictures of postrevolutionary Mexico.
Galería de Arte Contemporáneo (Frida Kahlo exhibition), 1953Source: Wikipedia
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Walker Evans
Frontal, plain-spoken records of American vernacular life.
American Photographs, 1938Source: Wikipedia
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Bill Brandt
High-contrast social documentary, then distorted nudes and stark landscapes.
The English at Home, 1936Source: Wikipedia