Antony Penrose

Biographical documentary of Lee Miller (aka Elizabeth Miller, 1907-1977), her early years in USA under her father's influence, later became a model turned artist and celebrated photographer, including her photojournalism during WWII, and her second marriage to British surrealism painter Roland Penrose postwar. Film is told through interviews with Miller's son, Antony Penrose.

À rebours des conventions sociales imposées aux femmes de son temps, Lee Miller (1907-1977) a vécu mille vies: Mannequin devenue photographe puis reporter de guerre qui a défié quiconque a tenté de la coincer, de la mettre sur un piédestal ou de la cataloguer de quelque façon que ce soit. Le portrait fouillé d’une artiste aussi à l’aise devant que derrière l’objectif.

Documentary charting the fascinating life and work of Lee Miller, a model for Vogue in 1920s New York who became the only female photojournalist to cover the Second World War. Having given up photography in later life and virtually disowned her own work, Miller's extraordinary archive of 40,000 negatives was only rediscovered after her death. George Melly, David Hare, friends, colleagues and her only son, Tony Penrose, trace the story of her unconventional life through her own remarkable pictures and photographs, as well as rarely seen archive footage.

Figure oubliée du surréalisme à l’imaginaire foisonnant, Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) n’a cessé d’inventer des mondes prodigieux peuplés d’étranges créatures. Célébrée au Mexique, sa terre d’exil, cette artiste pionnière est aujourd’hui redécouverte en Europe.

a documentary about american photojournalist: lee miller