| Description |
223 pages : illustrations (chiefly black and white) ; 29 cm |
| Note |
"Published on the occasion of the major exhibition, "Lee Miller: Woman's War" the the Imperial War Museum, London, 15 October 2015 - 24 April 2016..." -- Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Lee Miller photographed innumerable women during her career, first as a fashion photographer and then as a journalist during the Second World War, documenting the social consequences of the conflict, particularly the impact of the war on women across Europe. Her work as a war photographer is perhaps that for which she is best remembered; in fact she was among the 20th century's most important photographers on the subject. Published to coincide with an exhibition at the Imperial War Museum, Lee Miller: A Woman's War tells the story beyond the battlefields of the Second World War by way of Miller's extraordinary photographs of the women whose lives were affected. Introductions by Hilary Roberts and Antony Penrose, Lee Miller's son, precede Miller's work, which is divided into chronological chapters. Miller's photographs, many previously unpublished, are accompanied by extended captions that place the images within the context of women's roles within the landscape of war. |
| Subject |
Miller, Lee, 1907-1977 -- Exhibitions.
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Portrait photography -- Specimens.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Photography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Pictorial works.
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Photography of women -- Pictorial works.
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Women photographers.
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| Added Author |
Miller, Lee, 1907-1977, photographer.
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Penrose, Antony, author of introduction.
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Imperial War Museum (Great Britain)
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| ISBN |
9780500518182 |
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0500518181 |
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