Lee Miller
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| Born | Elizabeth Miller April 23, 1907 Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S. |
| Died | July 21, 1977 (aged 70) Chiddingly, East Sussex, UK |
| Known for | Photojournalism |
| Movement | Surrealism |
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| Children | Antony Penrose |
| Website | leemiller |
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Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, Lady Penrose (April 23, 1907 – July 21, 1977) was an American photographer and photojournalist. Miller was a fashion model in New York City in the 1920s before going to Paris, becoming a fashion and fine-art photographer there.
During World War II, she was a war photographer and correspondent for Vogue magazine, covering events such as the London Blitz, the liberation of Paris and the concentration camps at Buchenwald and Dachau. Being a woman, Miller was long denied recognition as an artist in her own right, but her son's discovery and promotion of her work has established her reputation as an art and war photographer.