#war photographer

[artdecoandmodernist]

Lee Miller, Self Portrait, Published in Vogue, 1930.

[lestatdelioncoeur]

Lee Miller

Man Ray – Lee Miller, Juan les Pins, Antibes, France, 1930 ©

[fashionbooksmilano]

Lee Miller  A Woman’s War

Hilary Roberts, Introduction by Antony Penrose

Thames & Hudson, London 2015, 224 pages, 156 illustrations, Hardback, 28 x 23 cm, ISBN  9780500518182

euro 39,00

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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 Womans 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 Miller's photographs, many previously unpublished, are accompanied by extended captions that place the images within the context of women's roles within the landscape of war.

11/03/23

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[mote-historie]

1946 Artwork by Sir Roland Penrose, Abstract Composition (Portrait of Lee Miller), Made of oil on panel.

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"THE PHOTOGRAPHER AT WORK IN WAR," North Bay Nugget. April 2, 1943. Page 9. --- In this rapidly paced global war the task of taking still and action camera pictures becomes a job which depends solely on speed and team work wherever and how tough the fighting might be. Unlike World War 1, today's cameramen are up on the front line with the fighting men. Their job is to give the public an up-to-date view of scenes both behind the lines and in the thick of the toughest kind of warfare. Here it is shown how pictures are raced to headquarters for developing, printing and distribution. Upper left, a Canadian still photographer is shown in action with his camera. Upper right Despatch Rider W. A. Hall of Calgary, Alberta, delivers the negatives during a night run. Lower left, another rider. Pte. D. R. George DeRiviers of Montreal, delivers prints to the Press Relations Office. Accepting the prints is Pte. C. M. Paget of Toronto. A Canadian Army film cameraman, Lieut. G. Noble, is seen in the lower right picture filming Canadians during recent manoeuvres with Lieut. John McDougall of Montreal directing operations.

[felonious]

[safaakhatib]

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[feral-ballad]

Mosab Abu Toha, from Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

[bidotorg]

Happy Birthday to the Oscar-winning, portrait and war photographer, Cecil Beaton!

[artdecoandmodernist]

1928 Edward Steichen, Lee Miller modeling Marie-Christiane hat and dress and jewelry by Black, Starr and Frost.

[a-books-allure]

18.08.24 | Forest strolling

“We imagine that when we are all thrown out of our usual ruts all is lost, but it is only then that what is new and good begins. While there is life there is happiness. There is much, much before us.”

✒️ Leo Tolstoy - War&Peace

(all pics are mine)

[dieversa]

The Morning after...

Meanwhile, the war in Ukraine hasn't vanished. Once again we spent last night in the corridor, away from the windows and the shattering glass. The historic centre of Odesa, where I live, is covered with scars that are getting bigger and bigger. The Odesa National Fine Arts Museum, a cosy art gallery, which turns 124 years old today, was attacked by russian missiles and shaheds. There is pain and wrath instead of celebration. And the best antidepressant for me - a walk in the park on a sunny November day.

[pointandshooter]

Manassas, Virginia

photo: David Castenson

[elysianymph]

james is very fascinated by muggle cameras. lily and regulus notice this of course and lily pitches an idea: to get james a camera for his birthday. they save up the money they need for a higher quality camera and wrap it up in a fancy box and present it to him on his birthday. the smile james gives them is worth every penny they spent.

they expected the obsession that came after. james took his camera everywhere, always taking pictures, not just of the the scenery or himself, but of his friends and family and most importantly of lily and regulus. what they didn't expect was that james had all of their photos printed and compiled them into an album, decorated it and drew little hearts and stars and flowers on it and wrote down little notes of what had happened the day the photos were taken. he revealed this album to them on their anniversary as a shared gift.

some of the many pictures james has taken of his lovers:

[lacebird]

"Even though I was a bit overwhelmed, I was also a confident young man, and I wanted to make my mark. But I guess if I were to have some advice for me during that general time in my life, it would be: “Patience.” [M]y journey with the character and with Star Wars has at times been a bumpy one… but I’m in a good place with it now. And so that’s why I say patience."