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Between War and Glamour
Between War and Glamour
October 20, 2020
Lee Miller: Floating head, Mary Taylor, New York, 1933, © Lee Miller Archives England 2020. All rights reserved. www.leemiller.co.uk
The Museum für Gestaltung in Zurich currently presents the showcase ‘Lee Miller – Photographer between War and Glamour’, continuing until January 3, 2021.
Miller’s self-portrait as the ‘woman in Hitler’s bathtub’ – photographed in 1945 while covering the end of WWII – captured the whole world’s attention. However, there are many more facets to the photographer’s oeuvre, as this comprehensive museum exhibition vividly illustrates.
Lee Miller (1907–1977) ranks among the most fascinating artists of the twentieth century. Over the course of 16 years, the American photographer created a highly diverse body of work that always reflected the spirit of the times, and was never confined to a specific genre. The exhibition juxtaposes Miller’s photo reportages on the end of World War II with her glamorous fashion editorials. These exceedingly different worlds are linked by the photographer’s surrealist perspective – and the fact that both of these contrasting branches of her work were borne out of assignments for Vogue.
For further information visit
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Miller’s self-portrait as the ‘woman in Hitler’s bathtub’ – photographed in 1945 while covering the end of WWII – captured the whole world’s attention. However, there are many more facets to the photographer’s oeuvre, as this comprehensive museum exhibition vividly illustrates.
Lee Miller (1907–1977) ranks among the most fascinating artists of the twentieth century. Over the course of 16 years, the American photographer created a highly diverse body of work that always reflected the spirit of the times, and was never confined to a specific genre. The exhibition juxtaposes Miller’s photo reportages on the end of World War II with her glamorous fashion editorials. These exceedingly different worlds are linked by the photographer’s surrealist perspective – and the fact that both of these contrasting branches of her work were borne out of assignments for Vogue.
For further information visit
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Lee Miller: Floating head, Mary Taylor, New York, 1933, © Lee Miller Archives England 2020. All rights reserved. www.leemiller.co.uk
Lee Miller: Fire masks, London, 1941, © Lee Miller Archives England 2020. All rights reserved. www.leemiller.co.uk
Lee Miller: Portrait of space, Egypt, 1937, © Lee Miller Archives England 2020. All rights reserved. www.leemiller.co.uk
Lee Miller: WRNS probationer cleaning windows of training depot, England, 1944, © Lee Miller Archives England 2020. All rights reserved. www.leemiller.co.uk