Ami Bouhassane on Lee Miller
In Episode 05 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews Ami Bouhassane on the life and work of her grandmother: the model turned surrealist, photographer, war correspondent and all-round 20th century artistic giant, LEE MILLER!!\n\nAnd WOW will this episode blow you away. Especially when you hear that Ami\u2019s father, Antony Penrose, was unaware of his mother\u2019s professional photographic life until after she passed away in 1977...\n\nBorn in 1907, Lee Miller first entered the world of photography in New York after falling into the arms of Conde Nast on a Manhattan street. It didn't take long before she was already on her way to Paris, in particular the studio of Man Ray, with whom she created some of the most iconic surrealist photography.\n\nFast forward to 1932 and she's back in NYC at the height of the depression where she excelled running her own commercial photographic studio. Off again, back to Paris via Egypt, and then the UK at the outbreak of World War II, where Lee quickly adopted the role of a war correspondent, photographing on the front line, but also ensuring that she was recording women\u2019s contribution to the war. However life took a turn after witnessing some of the most horrific scenes that war was to bring.\n\nI couldn\u2019t be more delighted to interview Ami on her grandmother who is one of the MOST remarkable artists to live, whose story needs to be told, AND whose work needs to be seen. \n\nWe recorded the episode down at Farley's Farm, on the site of Miller\u2019s former home, where where Ami and her father Antony continue to run the archive, gallery (that you can visit!), and ensure the legacy of the great Lee Miller. See more info here: https://www.farleyshouseandgallery.co.uk/\n\nWORKS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE\n\nLee Miller's front cover for Vogue\nhttps://bit.ly/2BwRqlD\n\nParis: Nude\nhttps://bit.ly/2pFRSuY\n\nEgypt: Portrait of Space, 1937\nhttps://bit.ly/2P5bZgR\n\nWorld War II images: \nhttps://www.iwm.org.uk/history/lee-millers-second-world-war\n\nFire Masks, Hampstead:\nhttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/sep/19/lee-miller-a-womans-war-exhibition-imperial-war-museum-second-world-war-dachau-hitler#img-1\n\nLee Miller's cookbook: \nhttps://www.leemiller.co.uk/article/Award-winning-book-Lee-Miller-A-Life-with-Food-Friends-amp-Recipes/pJV_ykrXKJusXwM7yD3-Hg..a\n\nFurther reading: \nhttp://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/l/lee-miller/\nhttps://www.eiderdownbooks.com/product-page/lee-miller-by-ami-bouhassane\n\nThank you for listening!! This episode is sponsored by the Affordable Art Fair: @affordableartfairuk\n\nFollow us:\nKaty Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel\nArtwork by @thisisaliceskinner\nSound editing by @_ellieclifford / @naomiabel\nMusic by Ben Wetherfield