The Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris is dedicating a major retrospective to Lee Miller (1907–1977), in collaboration with Tate Britain and the Art Institute of Chicago. This exhibition, organised into ten thematic sections, traces the dazzling career of an artist whose life was as intense as her work. From New York to Paris, Cairo to London, Miller captured the world with rare sensitivity and uncompromising audacity.

From muse to master of the image

Long overshadowed by her role as the muse of surrealism and fashion, Lee Miller is revealed here in all her complexity. The exhibition brings together nearly 250 prints, combining famous and previously unseen photographs. We discover her early days as a model, her collaboration with Man Ray, and her technical experiments such as solarisation. But above all, we witness the emergence of a unique voice that transforms the mundane into visual poetry.

Horror and beauty: the gaze of a reporter

One of the highlights of the exhibition is the war photographs taken in 1945, particularly those of the concentration camps and Hitler’s bathtub, where she staged herself after documenting the horror of Dachau. These powerful and disturbing images bear witness to her commitment and her ability to use photography as an act of remembrance and resistance.

An invitation to rediscover a pioneer

This retrospective offers a new interpretation of Lee Miller’s work, at the crossroads of art, journalism and intimacy. It highlights a free-spirited, visionary woman whose gaze continues to challenge us. Through her photographs, an era, a world and a consciousness are revealed.

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