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Alles Geschichte - Der History-PodcastDIE FOTOGRAFIN LEE MILLER - Befreite Frauen (3/3)Vor 80 Jahren lieferte Kriegsfotografin Lee Miller als Korrespondentin einmalige Fotoaufnahmen vom Vormarsch der US-Soldaten im zweiten Weltkrieg. Ein Tag nach der Befreiung trifft sie im Konzentrationslager Dachau ein und dokumentiert die Verbrechen der Nazis. Das Grauen wird sie nicht mehr loslassen. Von Eva DeinertVielen Dank an Ami Bouhassane und Antony Penrose sowie an das Lee Miller Archive für Bilder und Texte. CreditsAutorin: Eva Deinert Regie: Rainer Schaller Gesprochen haben: Hemma Michel, Katja Bürkle, Katja Amberger, Buchhard Dabinnus und Friedrich Schloffer Technik: Susanne Harasim Redaktion: Andrea Bräu, Yvonne...2025-05-0247 min
Alles Geschichte - Der History-PodcastDIE FOTOGRAFIN LEE MILLER - Frankreichs geschorene Frauen (2/3)Vor 80 Jahren lieferte Kriegsfotografin Lee Miller als Korrespondentin einmalige Fotoaufnahmen vom Vormarsch der US-Soldaten im zweiten Weltkrieg. Sie begleitet die Alliierten bei der Befreiung Frankreichs. Dabei dokumentiert sie, wie Frauen, der Kollaboration beschuldigt, die Köpfe geschoren werden. Von Eva DeinertVielen Dank an Ami Bouhassane und Antony Penrose sowie an das Lee Miller Archive für Bilder und Texte. CreditsAutorin: Eva Deinert Regie: Rainer Schaller Gesprochen haben: Hemma Michel, Katja Bürkle, Katja Amberger, Buchhard Dabinnus und Friedrich Schloffer Technik: Susanne Harasim Redaktion: Andrea Bräu, Yvonne Maier Da...2025-05-0244 min
Alles Geschichte - Der History-PodcastDIE FOTOGRAFIN LEE MILLER - Frauen im Krieg (1/3)Kriegskorrespondentin Lee Miller hat vor 80 Jahren den Vormarsch der US-Soldaten begleitet und dokumentiert - und war die Frau in Hitlers Badewanne. Als Model und Fotografin für die Vogue gestartet, war ihr Weg an die Front nicht selbstverständlich und ein mutiger Schritt als Frau. Von Eva DeinertVielen Dank an Ami Bouhassane und Antony Penrose sowie an das Lee Miller Archive für Bilder und Texte. CreditsAutorin: Eva Deinert Regie: Rainer Schaller Gesprochen haben: Hemma Michel, Katja Bürkle, Katja Amberger, Buchhard Dabinnus und Friedrich Schloffer Technik: Susanne Harasim Redakt...2025-05-0245 min
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Episode 604: I was so excited to find my new favorite historical artist…Lee Miller! She was a photographer and a war correspondent for Vogue in WW2. She hung out with Picasso and Man Ray…& she took a picture of herself in Hitler’s bathtub on the day he happened to commit suicide. Listen as I chat with author and co-director of Farleys House and Gallery, [Lee’s old house, which has been converted to a museum and archive of Lee’s work in Sussex, England] and Lee’s Granddaughter, Ami Bouhassane.
Cover Photo: Scherman’s iconic photograph of Miller sitt...2025-04-2138 min
Comfortably HungryS3 E12 Cooking for health (exploring melancholy part 2)In the first part (Episode 10) of this investigation into the impact food has on our mental health I explored the renaissance fascination with melancholy with Professor Mary Ann Lund and food historian Ken Albala. In Episode 12 I want to find out how gardening and cooking in particular have helped two modern cooks deal with anxiety and depression. I had a chat with Ami Bouhassane, co-director of the Lee Miller Archives and Farley’s House and Gallery in Sussex. Ami’s grandmother was model, photographer, writer and cook Lee Miller who battled with depression in the later years of h...2025-03-061h 10
Dressed: The History of FashionLee Miller: Fashion in Wartime Britain, an interview with Ami Bouhassane and Amber ButchartDuring our annual winter hiatus, we bring you some of our favorite episodes from Dressed's back catalog.This week we revisit our 2021 episode about model, photographer and humanitarian Lee Miller, who is the subject of the 2024 film Lee starring Kate Winslet. Miller's granddaughter and archivist Ami Bouhassane and fashion historian Amber Butchart joined us to discuss Lee's work for British and French Vogue during the years surrounding WWII, and her decision to leave the fashion world in the wake of the War.RECOMMENDED READING:Bouhassane, Ami, Amber Butchart and Robin Muir. Lee Miller...2024-12-2555 min
Lee Miller and Roland Penrose: Love Letters Bound in Gold HandcuffsAnd they all lived happily ever after?'When you look at your parents or grandparents it's hard to imagine them as young lovers full of adventure' Conjuring up an extraordinary tale and extra depths to the famous photographer, Lee Miller, Ami Bouhassane shares her grandmothers love letters, held in the Lee Miller's Archives.Episode 19 – Bonus episode – And they all lived happily ever after?In this episode we find out what happened next to the characters in Roland and Lee's love letters as the series comes to an end.This series explores the 300 pages of love letters writ...2024-05-0926 min
Lee Miller and Roland Penrose: Love Letters Bound in Gold HandcuffsAll my love to you'When you look at your parents or grandparents it's hard to imagine them as young lovers full of adventure' Conjuring up an extraordinary tale and extra depths to the famous photographer, Lee Miller, Ami Bouhassane shares her grandmothers love letters, held in the Lee Miller's Archives.Episode 18 – All my love to youIn this episode Roland and Lee's love letters draw to an end, and the outbreak of war nears, but what will they decide to do? 'Darling, I’m drinking quantities of gin and lime, mad with rage...2024-04-2526 min
Lee Miller and Roland Penrose: Love Letters Bound in Gold HandcuffsMarco Polo'When you look at your parents or grandparents it's hard to imagine them as young lovers full of adventure' Conjuring up an extraordinary tale and extra depths to the famous photographer, Lee Miller, Ami Bouhassane shares her grandmothers love letters, held in the Lee Miller's Archives.Episode 17 – Marco PoloIn this episode Roland and Lee's adventures in Egypt together end and again they become separated by oceans... but is their future together more certain? 'I have no news only the old guess what? To which you know the ans...2024-04-1133 min
Lee Miller and Roland Penrose: Love Letters Bound in Gold HandcuffsArt and Liberty'When you look at your parents or grandparents it's hard to imagine them as young lovers full of adventure'Conjuring up an extraordinary tale and extra depths to the famous photographer, Lee Miller, Ami Bouhassane shares her grandmothers love letters, held in the Lee Miller's Archives.Episode 16 – Art and LibertyIn this episode Lee forges stronger links with an important surrealist group in Cairo and she finds out that Roland will visit her in Egypt.' Darling, I’ve delayed writing, and now I’m afraid that it will no...2024-03-2823 min
Lee Miller and Roland Penrose: Love Letters Bound in Gold HandcuffsIt seems Mad that we should not be together'When you look at your parents or grandparents it's hard to imagine them as young lovers full of adventure' Conjuring up an extraordinary tale and extra depths to the famous photographer, Lee Miller, Ami Bouhassane shares her grandmothers love letters, held in the Lee Miller's Archives.Episode 15 - It seems Mad that we should not be togetherIn this episode Lee is still travelling whilst Roland is now back in London touring Picasso's Guernica painting around the UK.'I took some quite startling pictures in Syria...2024-03-1430 min
Janette's TV PodcastGrowing-Up with a Famous, Abusive Mother - Antony Penrose & Ami Bouhassane TIFF red carpet premiereHave you been abused or grown up with an abusive parent or grandparent? In this episode, I speak with Antony Penrose, and Ami Bouhassane, Lee Miller’s real-life son and granddaughter at the movie LEE TIFF red carpet premiere about what it was like to be around the former model, fine art photographer and noted war correspondent, Lee Miller, played by Kate Winslet. Admired by the outside world for doing marvelous things, Miller suffered from alcoholism and PTS that greatly affected her parenting and relationships. We discuss how they forgave her and what they want kno...2024-01-2900 minJanette's TV PodcastGrowing-Up with a Famous, Abusive Mother - Antony Penrose & Ami Bouhassane TIFF red carpet premiereHave you been abused or grown up with an abusive parent or grandparent? In this episode, I speak with Antony Penrose, and Ami Bouhassane, Lee Miller’s real-life son and granddaughter at the movie LEE TIFF red carpet premiere about what it was like to be around the former model, fine art photographer and noted war correspondent, Lee Miller, played by Kate Winslet. Admired by the outside world for doing marvelous things, Miller suffered from alcoholism and PTS that greatly affected her parenting and relationships. We discuss how they forgave her and what they want kno...2024-01-2900 min
Lee Miller and Roland Penrose: Love Letters Bound in Gold HandcuffsHe doesn't want to divorce me'When you look at your parents or grandparents it's hard to imagine them as young lovers full of adventure' Conjuring up an extraordinary tale and extra depths to the famous photographer, Lee Miller, Ami Bouhassane shares her grandmothers love letters, held in the Lee Miller's Archives.Episode 14. He doesn't want to divorce meIn this episode Lee Miller writes from Athens telling Roland about her travels in Romania and of the conversation with her husband Aziz about parting. The tensions in the build up to the war have Roland becoming anxious for...2024-01-2325 min
Lee Miller and Roland Penrose: Love Letters Bound in Gold HandcuffsWish you weren't so far off'When you look at your parents or grandparents it's hard to imagine them as young lovers full of adventure' Conjuring up an extraordinary tale and extra depths to the famous photographer, Lee Miller, Ami Bouhassane shares her grandmothers love letters, held in the Lee Miller's Archives.Episode 13. Wish you weren't so far offIn this episode Roland Penrose has had to leave Lee Miller early from their adventures in the Balkans to return to Paris and meet with Picasso. Lee Miller contiues her travels in Romania with Hari Brauner and Lena Constante...2024-01-0924 min
Lee Miller and Roland Penrose: Love Letters Bound in Gold HandcuffsThe Road is Wider than Long'When you look at your parents or grandparents it's hard to imagine them as young lovers full of adventure' Conjuring up an extraordinary tale and extra depths to the famous photographer, Lee Miller, Ami Bouhassane shares her grandmothers love letters, held in the Lee Miller's Archives.Episode 12. The Road is Wider than LongThis episode features the journey that Lee Miller and Roland Penrose took through the Balkans in the summer of 1938. Inspired by their time together, Roland on his return to England wrote a poem called The Road is Wider Than...2023-12-2646 min
Lee Miller and Roland Penrose: Love Letters Bound in Gold HandcuffsEverybody is Getting Jittery'When you look at your parents or grandparents it's hard to imagine them as young lovers full of adventure'Conjuring up an extraordinary tale and extra depths to the famous photographer, Lee Miller, Ami Bouhassane shares her grandmothers love letters, held in the Lee Miller's Archives.Episode 11. Everybody is Getting JitteryIn this episode Lee is on her travelling adventures again with visits to Transjordania, Palestine, Mount Sinai in Egypt and Petra, Jordan. Roland passionate about what was happening in the Spanish Civil war marches in the May Day protest against Chamberlain's...2023-12-1226 min
Dress: Fancy: The Podcast About Dressing UpThe Lee Miller Story. With Ami Bouhassane, Robin Muir, Josephine Ross and Lucy ClaytonIn this episode we explore the life and work of iconic artist, Lee Miller, in anticipation of the new film starring Kate Winslet. Links Follow @dressfancypodcast on Instagram Follow @mslucyclayton on Instagram The Lee Miller Archives Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime Britain Leave us a review 2023-12-081h 05
Lee Miller and Roland Penrose: Love Letters Bound in Gold HandcuffsThe Picasso Portrait'When you look at your parents or grandparents it's hard to imagine them as young lovers full of adventure'Conjuring up an extraordinary tale and extra depths to the famous photographer, Lee Miller, Ami Bouhassane shares her grandmothers love letters, held in the Lee Miller's Archives.Episode 10. The Picasso PortraitIn this episode Roland is anxious because he is not getting any letters from Lee, whereas Lee in Egypt has just recieved delivery of the portrait Picasso painted of her that Roland had bought and sent to her, so throws a party...2023-11-2828 min
Lee Miller and Roland Penrose: Love Letters Bound in Gold HandcuffsSister of All the Serpents'When you look at your parents or grandparents it's hard to imagine them as young lovers full of adventure'Conjuring up an extraordinary tale and extra depths to the famous photographer, Lee Miller, Ami Bouhassane shares her grandmothers love letters, held in the Lee Miller's Archives.Episode 9. Sister of All the SerpentsIn this episode Lee Miller writes to Roland about becoming the Sister of all serpents in the Egyptian desert whilst Roland Penrose attends the opening of the Surrealist Objects and Poem exhibition in Paris.'I have a...2023-11-1426 min
Lee Miller and Roland Penrose: Love Letters Bound in Gold HandcuffsSuez Canal'When you look at your parents or grandparents it's hard to imagine them as young lovers full of adventure'Conjuring up an extraordinary tale and extra depths to the famous photographer, Lee Miller, Ami Bouhassane shares her grandmothers love letters, held in the Lee Miller's Archives.Episode 8. Suez Canal:In this episode Lee Miller in Egypt and Roland Penrose in England celebrate Christmas and the new year in very different ways... 'I’m happy again beyond words at finding two letters from you on my table this afternoon whe...2023-10-3130 min
Lee Miller and Roland Penrose: Love Letters Bound in Gold HandcuffsThe Exhibition'When you look at your parents or grandparents it's hard to imagine them as young lovers full of adventure' Conjuring up an extraordinary tale and extra depths to the famous photographer, Lee Miller, Ami Bouhassane shares her grandmothers love letters, held in the Lee Miller's Archives.In this episode the Surrealist Objects and Poems exhibition which included the works Lee Miller and Roland had been collaborating on opens. Lee in Egypt is feeling isolated from the art world. 'It’s nice that you think of and save me from isolation fro...2023-09-2229 min
Lee Miller and Roland Penrose: Love Letters Bound in Gold HandcuffsPearly White Teeth'When you look at your parents or grandparents it's hard to imagine them as young lovers full of adventure' Ami Bouhassane reads and shares love letters from her grandmother, held in the Lee Miller's Archives.In this episode Lee and Roland collaborate further on Lee's Surrealist object for the International Surrealist Objects and Poems exhibition and Lee is back travelling in Egypt, visiting Wadi Natrum.'I must tell you about your object – to begin with there are no wax hands of the right type in London. I found that after visiting a dozen or...2023-09-1528 min
Lee Miller and Roland Penrose: Love Letters Bound in Gold HandcuffsYou Ask About Spain'When you look at your parents or grandparents it's hard to imagine them as young lovers full of adventure' Ami Bouhassane shares the love letters from her grandmother, held in the Lee Miller's Archives, conjuring up an extraordinary tale and extra depths to the famous photographer, Lee Miller.In this episode Roland tells Lee about what he hears is happening in Spain and Lee asks Roland to make a Surrealist Object for her to exhibit in the Surrealist Objects exhibition in London.‘You ask about Spain – the agony of those wretched people increases dail...2023-09-0829 minLee Miller and Roland Penrose: Love Letters Bound in Gold Handcuffs3 Months since our first parting'Darling my love, It’s three weeks today since that worst of all partings – three weeks less until I shall see you again. Your letter arrived this morning making me very happy and very miserable – miserable, because it is so little a letter when one wants you and because you don’t seem to be happy either – all that makes it more and more intolerable and absurd.' writes Roland on the 25th October 1937 In this episode Roland speaks of the artists and work he is doing in London and they both discuss some of the po...2023-07-3133 minLee Miller and Roland Penrose: Love Letters Bound in Gold HandcuffsSiwa the Oasis in the DesertIn this episode of Love Letters Bound in Gold Handcuffs Lee Miller takes a trip to the desert Oasis of Siwa, a journey that inspired some of her most famous Surrealist images.Guest Speakers: Antony Penrose (son of Lee Miller and Roland Penrose and Co-Director of Lee Miller Archives), Hilary Roberts (Independent Curator, formerly senior curator of photography at Imperial War Museums, London), Hussein Omar (lecturer on Modern global history, University college Dublin) and Sam Bardaouil (Founder & curator of ArtReorientated). Lee Miller's letters read and Presented by Ami Bouhassane ...2023-07-2434 minLee Miller and Roland Penrose: Love Letters Bound in Gold HandcuffsBack into your Egyptian World'Darling my love, I think of you all the time – day after day getting further from me back into your Egyptian world. Man’s photo of your lips disappearing into the Mediterranean is horribly symbolic but I haven’t even got your legs to console me – just paper objects and memories which I look over time and again thinking of the incredible happiness I have had and which I hope to have again.' wrote Roland from Hampstead, London to Lee Miller, on the 9th October 1937.The two lovers had spent a wonderful summer together and now find...2023-07-1727 minLee Miller and Roland Penrose: Love Letters Bound in Gold HandcuffsFirst Met'When you look at your parents or grandparents it's hard to imagine them as young lovers full of adventure' Ami Bouhassane reads and shares love letters from her grandmother Lee Miller, held in the Lee Miller's Archives.Guest Speakers: Antony Penrose (son of Lee Miller and Roland Penrose and Co-Director of Lee Miller Archives), Hilary Roberts (Independent Curator, formerly senior curator of photography at Imperial War Museums, London), Hussein Omar (lecturer on Modern global history, University college Dublin) and Sam Bardaouil (Founder & curator of ArtReorientated). Lee Miller's letters read and Presented by A...2023-07-1729 min
Hamburg Arts - Kunst Podcast[English] Lee Miller: Fotografin, Model, Künstlerin & Kriegsreporterin (Teil 2)Lee Millers Sohn Antony Penrose über seine Mutter, die herausragende Fotografin im 20. Jahrhundert
Ihr fotografisches Werk ist aussergewöhnlich, ebenso ihr turbulentes Leben. Die Fotografin und Künstlerin Lee Miller beginnt ihre Karriere in den 20er Jahren. Die junge Amerikanerin arbeitet in Paris und New York zunächst als gefragtes Modell, dann startet sie durch als außergewöhnlich erfolgreiche Fotografin und Künstlerin.
Nach einer Liaison mit Man Ray in Paris und künstlerischen Erfahrungen mit dem Surrealismus macht sie sich selbständig mit eigenem Fotostudio, erst in Paris, später in York.
Den Beginn des...2023-06-2930 minHamburg Arts - Kunst Podcast[English] Lee Miller - Fotografin zwischen Krieg und Glamour im Bucerius Kunst Forum (Teil 1)Bucerius Kunst Forum: Interview mit Lee Millers Sohn Antony Penrose und Enkelin Ami Bouhassane
Lee Miller beginnt als Modell im New York der 20er Jahre, kommt auf Anhieb auf die Titelseiten der Vogue und der Vanity Fair. Die junge Amerikanerin geht nach Paris, trifft dort Man Ray, ein Star in der Kunstwelt, sie arbeitet mit ihm künstlerisch, surrealistisch, und weiterhin als Model.
Zur Eröffnung der Ausstellung waren zwei besondere Gäste eingeladen.
Ich begegne dem Sohn von Lee Miller, das ist Antony Penrose und seine Tochter Ami Bouhassane. Beide kümmern sich um das künstle...2023-06-2021 minLee Miller and Roland Penrose: Love Letters Bound in Gold HandcuffsSeries taster'When you look at your parents or grandparents it's hard to imagine them as young lovers full of adventure' Ami Bouhassane reads and shares love letters from her grandmother, held in the Lee Miller's Archives. Guest Speakers: Antony Penrose (son of Lee Miller and Roland Penrose and Co-Director of Lee Miller Archives), Hilary Roberts (Independent Curator, formerly senior curator of photography at Imperial War Museums, London), Hussein Omar (lecturer on Modern global history, University college Dublin) and Sam Bardaouil (Founder & curator of ArtReorientated). Lee Miller's letters read and...2023-06-0602 min
History HackHistory Hack: Surrealism, Lee Miller and Roland PenrosePhotographer Lee Miller and artist Roland Penrose were at the centre of the inter-war Surrealism movement. Through their art, they embraced the movement before the war intervened and changed the direction of their lives. Boney and Charlotte are joined by Antony Penrose, Lee and Roland's son, and Ami Bouhassane, their granddaughter, to discuss surrealism and the incredible lives of Lee and Roland.Be sure to visit https://www.farleyshouseandgallery.co.uk/ and https://www.leemiller.co.uk/ for more on Roland and Lee.You can buy the books we mention in the podcast at our...2021-08-301h 16
She Rebel RadioThe Rules of Lee Miller with Ami BouhassaneGranddaughter of Iconic Photographer, Lee Miller joins me today to share how Lee continually broke boundaries for Women and created her own rules during an incredible career from Vogue Model, Photographer/Studio Owner to War Correspondent and even in her later life, a Celebrity Chef. “Lee never let things kick her when she was down - instead of kind of sitting there and moaning about having a ruined career she instead chose to turn it into an opportunity” Join us to discover the Mysteries of Reinvention that Lee Miller embodied and how she...2021-07-1645 min
Dressed: The History of FashionLee Miller: Fashion in Wartime Britain, an interview with Ami Bouhassane and Amber ButchartLee Miller lived an extraordinary life on her own terms: model, muse, photographer and boots-on-the-ground war correspondent. This week Miller's granddaughter, Ami Bouhassane, and fashion historian Amber Butchart join us to discuss their new book Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime Britain. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-07-061h 01
Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime BritainBonus episodeIf you liked this series you might like our LoveLee Podcast series: Love Letters Bound in Gold HandcuffsHere's a bonus episode from the series. 'When you look at your parents or grandparents it's hard to imagine them as young lovers full of adventure' Ami Bouhassane shares love letters from her grandmother, held in the Lee Miller's Archives. This series explore the 300 pages of love letters written between the iconic photographer Lee Miller and the Surrealist artist Roland Penrose during their courtship. Starting just a few days after they first m...2021-05-1835 min
Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime BritainFashion photography todayThe final episode of the series presented by Ami Bouhassane (granddaughter of Lee Miller and Co-Director of her Archives) who in this episode looks to present day fashion photography practice and speaks with the contemporary fine art and fashion photographer Viviane Sassen.Viviane Sassen is a Dutch photographer who trained in fine art and photography. Before Viviane became a photographer, like Lee Miller, she was also a model. Viviane has exhibited her fine art photography in many exhibitions and her fashion photography has been in numerous well known magazines such as Vogue. A retrospective of 17 years...2021-04-3029 min
Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime BritainTaster of Episode 6A taster of the final episode of the series presented by Ami Bouhassane (granddaughter of Lee Miller and Co-Director of her Archives) who in this episode looks to present day fashion photography practice and speaks with the contemporary fine art and fashion photographer Viviane Sassen.Viviane Sassen is a Dutch photographer who trained in fine art and photography. Before Viviane became a photographer, like Lee Miller, she was also a model. Viviane has exhibited her fine art photography in many exhibitions and her fashion photography has been in numerous well known magazines such as Vogue. A...2021-04-2800 min
Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime BritainMemories of Lee and creating the ArchivesIn this fifth episode presenter Ami Bouhassane (granddaughter of Lee Miller and Co-Director of her Archives) speaks with her father Antony Penrose, son of Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, founder and co-director of the Lee Miller Archives.Antony Penrose is a Film maker, photographer, author, artist, photo curator, co-founder of the Lee Miller Archives and The Penrose Collection and co-director of Farleys House & Gallery Ltd, managing agents of the Lee Miller Archives. Antony has curated several exhibitions, the most recent being 'Surrealist Lee Miller' which toured internationally. He is author of many publications on his parents...2021-04-2330 min
Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime BritainTaster Episode 5A taster of the fifth episode presented by Ami Bouhassane (granddaughter of Lee Miller and Co-Director of her Archives) who in this episode speaks with her father Antony Penrose, son of Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, founder and co-director of the Lee Miller Archives.Antony Penrose is a Film maker, photographer, author, artist, photo curator, co-founder of the Lee Miller Archives and The Penrose Collection and co-director of Farleys House & Gallery Ltd, managing agents of the Lee Miller Archives. Antony has curated several exhibitions, the most recent being 'Surrealist Lee Miller' which toured internationally. He is...2021-04-2300 min
Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime BritainPhotography and the authorities during WWIIThis fourth episode is presented by Ami Bouhassane (granddaughter of Lee Miller and Co-Director of her Archives) who in this episode speaks with Hilary Roberts, senior curator of photography at the Imperial War Museums, London.Hilary Roberts is Research and senior curator of photography at the Imperial War Museums, London where she curated the exhibition 'Lee Miller a Woman's War in 2015. An exhibition that was the result of 4 years of research on Lee Miller's work and exposed many unseen images by Lee of women during WWII. Hilary specialises in war photography and works closely with contemporary...2021-04-1628 min
Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime BritainTaster Episode 4A taster of the fourth episode presented by Ami Bouhassane (granddaughter of Lee Miller and Co-Director of her Archives) who in the coming episode speaks with Hilary Roberts, senior curator of photography at the Imperial War Museums, London.Hilary Roberts is Reserach and senior curator of photography at the Imperial War Museums, London where she curated the exhibition 'Lee Miller a Woman's War in 2015. An exhibition that was the result of 4 years of research on Lee Miller's work and exposed many unseen images by Lee of women during WWII. Hilary specialises in war photography and works...2021-04-1600 min
Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime BritainAudrey Withers, Lee Miller's wartime editor Third episode presented by Ami Bouhassane (granddaughter of Lee Miller and Co-Director of her Archives) who in the coming episode speaks with Julie Summer biographer of Audrey Withers (wartime editor of British Vogue) and a historian.Julie Summers is a best selling author and historian. Her most recent pubilcation Dressed for War the biography of Audrey Withers, who became editor of British Vogue at the beginning of the second World War, is beautifully written and has been optioned by Gaumont TV UK to be developed into a drama series. She has written on several other different...2021-04-0929 min
Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime BritainTaster of Episode 3A taster of the third episode presented by Ami Bouhassane (granddaughter of Lee Miller and Co-Director of her Archives) who in the coming episode speaks with Julie Summer biographer of Audrey Withers (wartime editor of British Vogue) and a historian.Full Episode to Release on 9th April 2021Julie Summers is a best selling author and historian. Her most recent pubilcation Dressed for War the biography of Audrey Withers, who became editor of British Vogue during the second World War, is beautifully written and has been optioned by Gaumont TV UK to be developed...2021-04-0700 min
Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime BritainBritish Vogue and Lee MillerLee Miller’s photography of British fashion for Vogue during World War 2 was prolific yet few are aware of the full extent of this body of her work. Many know Lee Miller’s name in connection to her inspirational World War 2 reportage. Few are aware of the volume of her British fashion images that were published on British Vogue’s pages from 1939 to 1944.The six part series is created in connection with the publication and exhibition 'Lee Miller Fashion in Wartime Britain'. Presented by Ami Bouhassane, Lee Miller's grandaughter and co-director of the Lee Miller Archives it exp...2021-04-0227 min
Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime BritainTaster of Episode 2A taster of the second episode presented by Ami Bouhassane (granddaughter of Lee Miller and Co-Director of her Archives) who in the coming episode speaks with Robin Muir contributing editor to British Vogue and photographic historian. Full Episode to Release on 2nd April 2021Robin Muir is a photographic historian, exhibitions arranger and writer on photography. He has curated major exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery, the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven. His most recent exhibitions are Vogue 100 A Century of Style for the National Portrait Gallery and Ceci...2021-03-3100 min
Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime BritainFashion in WartimeLee Miller’s photography of British fashion for Vogue during World War 2 was prolific yet few are aware of the full extent of this body of her work. Many know Lee Miller’s name in connection to her inspirational World War 2 reportage. Few are aware of the volume of her British fashion images that were published on British Vogue’s pages from 1939 to 1944.The six part series is created in connection with the publication and exhibition 'Lee Miller Fashion in Wartime Britain'. Presented by Ami Bouhassane, Lee Miller's grandaughter and co-director of the Lee Miller Archives it exp...2021-03-2625 min
Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime BritainTaster of First EpisodeA taster of the first episode presented by Ami Bouhassane (granddaughter of Lee Miller and Co-Director of her Archives) who in the coming episode speaks with fashion historian Amber Butchart on world war 2 fashion.Full Episode to Release on 26th March 2021Amber Butchart is a dress historian, author and broadcaster who specialises in the intersections between politics, clothing and culture. She is a former Research Fellow at the University of the Arts London, and is a regular public lecturer across the UK’s leading arts institutions. She researches and presents documentaries for television an...2021-03-1701 min
The Great Women ArtistsAmi Bouhassane on Lee MillerIn 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!!
And WOW will this episode blow you away. Especially when you hear that Ami’s father, Antony Penrose, was unaware of his mother’s professional photographic life until after she passed away in 1977...
Born 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...2019-10-2251 min