Lee Miller worked with Man Ray in many various occasions. I found her and her work fascinating, so I decided to choose one of her work for my blog. I found this work beautiful and different from what I have seen. I like the details that Lee Miller was able to capture in this photograph. The body contains different line and the background stop the audience from being distracted by anything else. The body of the subject created an hourglass shape which made it appealing to look at for the audience. This photograph was name “Nude bent forward” taken in Paris during 1930.
Lee Miller was a strong independent photographer who refuses to be define by her beauty, gender, and age. Her dad introduced her to photography at an early age and taught her all the basic of photography. She started out as model for Vogue for fashion photographers like Arnold Genthe, Nikolas Muray and Edward Steichen. It was Edward Steichen that encourage Miller to become a photographer. Miller left New York in 1929 to find Man Ray and convinced him to accept her as his student. She became Man Ray model and collaborator during their times together.
Later in Lee Miller career she returns to New York and continue photography and modelling for Vogue. She was heavily influence by surrealist in her work. She also did some advertising work during this time of her life.
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