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Lee Miller

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Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, Lady Penrose (1907 to 1977) was an American photographer and photojournalist who worked as a fashion model in New York City in the 1920s before moving to Paris and becoming a fashion and fine-art photographer there. During the Second World War she was a war photographer and correspondent for Vogue, covering the London Blitz, the liberation of Paris and the concentration camps at Buchenwald and Dachau; long denied recognition as an artist in her own right, her reputation as an art and war photographer was established only after her son discovered and promoted her work.

Facts
Death Year
1977 1
Nationality
American 1
Death Date
1977-07-21 1
Birthplace
Poughkeepsie, New York 1
Death Place
Chiddingly, East Sussex, UK 1
Classification
Gender
Female 1
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1. Lee Miller - Wikipedia
  • Lead section, opening sentence
    was an American photographer and photojournalist
  • Infobox, lifespan line
    April 23, 1907, July 21, 1977
  • Infobox, Died field
    July 21, 1977
  • Infobox, Born field
    Poughkeepsie, New York
  • Infobox, Died field, location
    Chiddingly, East Sussex, UK
  • Gender reference
    During the Second World War she was a war photographer and correspondent for Vogue, covering the London Blitz, the liberation of Paris and the concentration camps at Buchenwald and Dachau; long denied recognition as an artist in her own right, her reputation as an art and war photographer was established only after her son discovered and promoted her work.
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