Lee Miller
Photographer, Visual Artist
1907 – 1977
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Who was Lee Miller?
Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, Lady Penrose was an American photographer. Born in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1907, she was a successful fashion model in New York City in the 1920s before going to Paris, where she became an established fashion and fine art photographer. During the Second World War, she became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue, covering events such as the London Blitz, the liberation of Paris, and the concentration camps at Buchenwald and Dachau.
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- Born
- Apr 23, 1907
Poughkeepsie - Also known as
- Elizabeth Miller, Lady Penrose
- Elizabeth Miller
- Elizabeth Lee Miller
- Spouses
- Roland Penrose
(1947 - )
- Roland Penrose
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Poughkeepsie
- Died
- Jul 21, 1977
Chiddingly
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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