Lee Miller Man Ray

The heart of the project lies the relationship between Lee Miller and Man Ray – which blossomed in Paris in 1929 and ended in 1932 – with a focus on their lives, careers and relationships at that time; it also documents the effect they both had on each other and how it inspired their work, including the photographic solarisation technique Man Ray adopted to the point that shots by Miller were erroneously attributed to Ray. The volume also presents portraits by Man Ray of friends and important protagonists of the artistic period: Max Ernst, Pablo Picasso, Giorgio de Chirico, Jean Cocteau, Salvador Dalí and surrealist shots of Lee Miller in which he seeks to investigate and reveal her soul and torments.
• The volume presents texts by the curator, by Ami Bouhassane (Miller’s grand-daughter) and Anthony Penrose (Miller’s son).
• In spring 2023 the biopic “Lee” will be released onto the cinema circuit. The screenplay is based on the biography by Anthony Penrose The Lives of Lee Miller, dedicated to his mother on the 45th year from her death, with a star-studded cast: Kate Winslet stars as Miller and Jude Law portrays her husband Roland Penrose, while Marion Cotillard plays Solange D’Ayen, the fashion director of ‘Vogue’ France.
Victoria Noel-Johnson is an independent British art historian and curator, specialising in early 20th century European art.