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The remarkable and unconventional Lee Miller was one of the twentieth century's most accomplished photographers. At the age of twenty, she was discovered on a New York street by Conde Nast, who instantly decided to put her face on the cover of Vogue. Two years later she left America for Paris to become a photographer herself. There she became the disciple and lover of Man Ray and an intimate of the Paris art world. World War II saw her as Vogue's war correspondent, present at the liberation of Paris and when the Dachau concentration camp was first entered. Her later years were spent in London and at her home on the Sussex downs, where she kept up the many friendships she had made. Miller came into contact with a wide range of people: painters, sculptors, actors, novelists, poets, journalists, musicians, dancers, and leaders in the field of fashion.
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Lee Miller grew up in Amsterdam, New York and graduated from Cornell University in 1990.He has written for The Labor Law Journal and UCLA's Anderson School of Business, along with producing three books, WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF LEEBO and GODHULI: A PORTRAIT OF MRS. BINA MUKHERJEE AND HER FAMILY, and KALI SUNSET. Currently, he pens a bi-monthly blog for the Santa Fe Reporter called "Lee On Literature" which relates literary classics to current events.Lee spends part of each year gathering stories. Recent trips include China, Thailand, Cambodia, Colombia, and Mexico.(visit www.clovercreekpress.com for live reading, radio interview and more!)
