Autorentext

Ami Bouhassane is co-Director of Farleys House & Gallery Ltd, and Trustee of Farleys House and Gallery Trust (Charity no 1217367) that cares for the Lee Miller Archives, The Penrose Collection and Farleys House, home of her grandparents Lee Miller and Roland Penrose. Author, curator, podcast presenter and lecturer on both Miller and Penrose, Bouhassane has worked extensively with their material for over 25 years. Her first book Lee Miller: A Life with Food, Friends and Recipes (2017) won 3 awards, including the IACP (International Association of Culinary Professionals) Jane Grigson award for scholarship. She has also completed her fourth podcast series ‘Farleys 75, I remember…’ based on recollections of friends of Miller and Penrose that stayed at Farleys.

Klappentext

Before Lee Miller left Britain to report in Europe on WW2 she covered the Blitz, civilians, wartime fashion, camouflage and the women in the armed forces on the home front. New edition with 50 extra images.

Arriving in Britain just as war was declared Lee Miller, an American with no permit to work, used her camera as her principle means of combat during World War II.

Before Lee Miller left Britain to report in Europe she covered the Blitz, civilians braving the destruction around them and their contributions to the war effort as well as wartime fashion, camouflage and the women in the armed forces on the home front.

This book curated by the Lee Miller Archives is Lee Miller’s photography in Britain during the war with an essay by Ami Bouhassane.

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Chpt 1 From Egypt to London Chpt 2 Britain at War Chpt 3 Fashion at Vogue Chpt 4 Women at War Full page image section of 100 photographs Extended captions for the 100 photographs