The most rebellious female photographer of all time? Lee Miller | Artist in Focus | V&A

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  • @moonsword1182
    @moonsword1182 5 місяців тому +238

    Thank you Ami for sharing the photographs and stories and insights of your grandmother! Schools should teach kids, especially young girls, about extraordinary women like Lee Miller to inspire them and help them explore their own courage and creativity.😊

    • @Trund27
      @Trund27 4 місяці тому +5

      Yes!!! I agree with this completely.

    • @milaalexander9331
      @milaalexander9331 4 місяці тому +2

      Exactly what I was about to write. 👌🏻

    • @KJiiFrost
      @KJiiFrost 4 місяці тому +7

      I think they should teach everyone about extraordinary women, that way, everyone will start to respect their abilities at the same time.

    • @Vovvilina
      @Vovvilina 4 місяці тому +3

      So why not let Great Art Explained keep their video up about Lee Miller?

    • @Rekeronse2543
      @Rekeronse2543 3 місяці тому +1

      I got to hear about Man Ray in my introductory 1900s art history course, I was fascinated by his work, I wish we could've led into Lee Miller through that section! How lovely to have her immortalized here for us!

  • @KarenPiggott
    @KarenPiggott 4 місяці тому +68

    I went to see the film starring Kate Winslet yesterday portraying your incredible grandmother. You must extremely proud of her. Thank you for sharing her life with us. We should always raise strong women. Thank you Lee Miller for your strength, talent & beauty. Best wishes Karen ♥️

  • @burgundybootz
    @burgundybootz 5 місяців тому +75

    Great introduction to her for anyone who's not heard of Miller or seen her work before.

  • @kidmohair8151
    @kidmohair8151 5 місяців тому +84

    she was a gutsy woman to have taken on the challenges
    that she did, at the time she lived in.

  • @andreaandrea6716
    @andreaandrea6716 4 місяці тому +23

    I have been enamoured with Lee Miller for decades. I am thrilled to find this video of her grand-daughter talking about her. What a lovely surprise!!! THANK YOU! And thank you, Ami for doing this! Wonderful.

  • @ledeyabaklykova
    @ledeyabaklykova 4 місяці тому +28

    Lee Miller lived. Actually, she LIVED . What a life!

  • @andrewtongue7084
    @andrewtongue7084 5 місяців тому +32

    For me, Miller was yet another example of the prolific photographer group from the Twentieth century. Your Grandmother, Ami, inspired & innovated in an era of tumult - seemingly fearless amongst her peers - & always, always creating powerful yet poignant images; I own several publications that focus (sic) upon the various paths she chose throughout her life - & we should be thankful that she did. Thanks too, to you, for highlighting this incredible woman's work.
    Slan agus beannacht !
    Aindriu.

  • @Eclecting
    @Eclecting 5 місяців тому +23

    The thumbnail photo is extraordinary, so I wanted to watch this video and I learned so much. Thanks to Ami for sharing the stories behind some of Lee Miller's wonderful photographs!

  • @Flatl1neFred
    @Flatl1neFred 5 місяців тому +46

    Lee Miller is utterly amazing. Love her work as a photographer. Would love to do my PHD on her work, but right now I'm going through her cookbook, which is also great.
    A true artist, underrated in spite of everything.

  • @zombieloveserte
    @zombieloveserte 4 місяці тому +7

    I’ve heard of Lee Miller but, I’ve never seen such detail of her incredible life and spirit. What an inspiration!

  • @rgeorgek42
    @rgeorgek42 5 місяців тому +23

    Great to hear this personal perspective on Lee Miller.
    Still disappointed that the estate had @greatartexplained documentary removed. Both videos can coexist.

  • @msmacmac1000
    @msmacmac1000 4 місяці тому +4

    I first found a book of Lee Miller’s photographs years ago. She has stayed with me. She was a great woman. Thank you, Ami, for bringing this intimate portrait to us.

  • @lisam9233
    @lisam9233 5 місяців тому +48

    Fantastic video. What a remarkable woman she was! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

    • @ANNASTESIA-s4o
      @ANNASTESIA-s4o 4 місяці тому

      Is

    • @lisam9233
      @lisam9233 4 місяці тому

      @@ANNASTESIA-s4o ?

    • @ANNASTESIA-s4o
      @ANNASTESIA-s4o 4 місяці тому

      @lisam9233 just because people pass they remain " is still. The memory is alive.

  • @katherineparsons9585
    @katherineparsons9585 21 день тому

    Wonderful thanks for sharing, I took my husband to watch Lee a few weeks ago at the Hailsham Pavilion and wondered if Lee had ever visited there, the later part of the film made me cry, it was emotional and captivating, I left thinking what a legend.
    We don’t live too far from Farleys Farm & my husband bought me the book Lee Miller which I’m halfway through.
    Before this I didn’t know Lee’s history but would sometimes pop into the village shop I always seem to miss the farm opening season, I’m glad I now have better understanding.

  • @Jayla60
    @Jayla60 2 місяці тому +2

    Thank you for this. Lee Miller captured life’s beauty and horrors. The movie Lee is a must-see.

  • @hullygullyrio
    @hullygullyrio 5 місяців тому +15

    Amazing woman and great artist! Ahead of her time! Thanks for sharing these jewels.

  • @anmausolf7458
    @anmausolf7458 4 місяці тому +7

    Thank you for the lovely film. I didn' know a lot about Lee. What an amazing woman!

  • @k.grushka
    @k.grushka 5 місяців тому +4

    Incredible short documentary! I’ve learned a lot from it, the narration is simply impeccable

  • @bulletsie
    @bulletsie 3 місяці тому +3

    Amazing photographer, Have a photobook at home on my book shelf with her work, its nice to hear more about the women from her family.

  • @girliedog
    @girliedog 5 місяців тому +4

    Well done, so many nuances about Lee Miller I was un aware of and so much inspiration to capture.

  • @rmariacarlson
    @rmariacarlson 4 місяці тому +2

    What an incredibly powerful, cognizant, and passionate journey Lee has taken us on. This is so well spoken about in the details you mention in the timeline and in her perspective taking thank you. I'm sure she gratefully appreciated the feeling of nurturance and friendship as a balance to witnessing such atrocities and degredation. I am greatly inspired.

  • @TraveisaBlue
    @TraveisaBlue 3 місяці тому +1

    You are so articulate and insightful. Thank you for providing such an intimate and intelligent perspective

  • @catherineebneter8806
    @catherineebneter8806 5 місяців тому +31

    Lee Miller is inspiring! But it’s disappointing that, just a couple of weeks ago, the foundation made the Great Art Explained channel remove its excellent Lee Miller video.

    • @no_art_history_required
      @no_art_history_required 4 місяці тому +8

      kind of shaming for the foundation

    • @Vovvilina
      @Vovvilina 4 місяці тому

      Agreed -- and seems fine to show nudity in this video, but GAE videos taken down for far less

  • @samparkerSAM
    @samparkerSAM 5 місяців тому +3

    I always loved the photo she took in the captured bath tub, with her engineers boots. Thank You for teaching all of us about your Grandmother ❤!!! Hugs from New Orleans Louisiana

  • @lorassorkin
    @lorassorkin 5 місяців тому +7

    Thank you, I really enjoyed learning more about the talents of Lee Miller.

  • @JoanieTom
    @JoanieTom 5 місяців тому +2

    Your Gram was a rockstar! Love her word. So glad you are sharing her story with more people ❤

  • @barbarabauling7513
    @barbarabauling7513 14 днів тому

    Thank goodness that Lee Miller is finally getting the recondition that she deserves. What an amazing person. You must be so proud of her. xx

  • @shelleybluebell397
    @shelleybluebell397 5 місяців тому +4

    Thoroughly enjoyed this, thank you

  • @JBaxter-pi8oj
    @JBaxter-pi8oj 3 місяці тому

    Lee's work is amazing and powerful and still resonates today as some things still haven't changed. Thank you for sharing your grandmother! Best wishes.

  • @daveorjaneford8722
    @daveorjaneford8722 Місяць тому

    Loved this and glad you had this opportunity to tell it in your words. thanks.

  • @TheLucyblades
    @TheLucyblades Місяць тому

    So interesting. I'm a history student but I never would have heard of her if not for the 2023 film 'Lee' which brought me here. What a woman. Thanks for sharing this.

  • @dorothylazard4797
    @dorothylazard4797 4 місяці тому +1

    What an incredible artist and woman. Thank you, V&A, for sharing her story.

  • @pcfentiman533
    @pcfentiman533 4 місяці тому +2

    Love the way you talk about Lee.... and of course, as I keep saying, even when I have visited Farleys, is that we now need a book of Lee's Contact Sheets!!! Paul Clements x

  • @luisamatsushita1802
    @luisamatsushita1802 5 місяців тому +1

    What a video. This could have been a movie I'd love to watch. What a Life! Thank you for everyone involved in making this.

  • @bpassion4fashion581
    @bpassion4fashion581 Місяць тому

    Thank you for sharing!
    I wanted to see the movie at the theater and couldn’t , but have never left my mind to find it and watch it somehow, somewhere!

  • @TheBeezusjones
    @TheBeezusjones 2 місяці тому

    I just watched "Lee" with my mom. Cried a lot and have always been SO inspired by this incredibly talented artist and human being.. I know the film would have to be at least 24 hrs. To attempt to fit her amazing life but I do wish it could have included her breathtaking surrealist photography and era in Paris .. her work is just immaculate

  • @dae_07
    @dae_07 5 місяців тому +9

    Ooooh I guess I just found my new favorite photographer. I love hearing stories like this about extraordinary people. As an artist and photographer myself, she's going straight into my inspiration album!!!

  • @lostinspacestudio
    @lostinspacestudio 5 місяців тому +2

    So inspiring, it's great that the V&A have taken over the briitsh photographic collection and opened the new photographic department, especially wonderful
    you are giving some amazing insights into the collection.!!

  • @philn1957
    @philn1957 4 місяці тому +2

    What a remarkable lady, fascinating, thank you for the stories and images of her life. I hope the recent film with Kate Winslet does her justice, I shall be seeing it this weekend.

  • @DREES56_TRR-qw2vr
    @DREES56_TRR-qw2vr 5 місяців тому +1

    what a great way to take us through the life of a most amazing woman, thank you Ami for sharing your perception of your grandmother.............a really lovely video

  • @just_cade
    @just_cade 2 місяці тому +1

    Lee was such an incredible person, she lived a thousand lives!

  • @BrucemoreArtisanStudio
    @BrucemoreArtisanStudio 4 місяці тому +1

    Very well done! Thank you for sharing Lee Miller's story in such an engaging way.

  • @klanadol
    @klanadol 4 місяці тому +2

    Wow, fantastic video! I learned so much, thank you!

  • @jessicaT12345
    @jessicaT12345 5 місяців тому +4

    exceptionally well done. thank you!

  • @davidfentonhancock6646
    @davidfentonhancock6646 3 місяці тому

    Thank you. This was a great addendum to the movie Lee which we saw yesterday. I had known of her but never knew of her collaboration with Man Ray and many other details you have related here. Great Narration too.

  • @MJ4mat
    @MJ4mat 4 місяці тому

    Thank you for highlighting Lee Miiler life and showing the world her photography journey

  • @newsman1955
    @newsman1955 4 місяці тому +2

    Terrific short documentary!

  • @kellybryson7754
    @kellybryson7754 5 місяців тому +2

    That was very interesting. Thank you for sharing her story.

  • @rebeccamccarthyartist
    @rebeccamccarthyartist 5 місяців тому +4

    Incredible...Thank you!

  • @Iamsolcosta
    @Iamsolcosta 21 день тому

    Fascinating! What an unstoppable woman. What an inspiration ❤

  • @MrSunlander
    @MrSunlander 4 місяці тому

    Very cool! So many talented people passed over by text books and school curricular schedules. 'we'll put Margaret Bourke-White in the text and that ticks off women in the war' - TBH, we never had Bourke-White in our 70s texts, but, at least we had her to represent women's progress in Western culture. Now, thanks to the right time and right place, we have this dynamic figure of achievement and lifestyle, Lee Miller. I know it's hard to share and/or learn all that has happened in our busy milieu, but I always feel I've known nothing at all when people like this enter my mind's eye. What a spectacular existence. What a role model for many.

  • @shooster5884
    @shooster5884 4 місяці тому

    Ami you have a lovely speaking voice.. beautiful narration of your grandmother's career.. amazing photographs.

  • @koninklijkejofelheid
    @koninklijkejofelheid 18 днів тому

    Lee's effords should've been recognised at the time. Her contribution is unparalleled!

  • @dominadoramor7767
    @dominadoramor7767 4 місяці тому

    Fascinating piece - thank you for sharing!

  • @Camille-cu3cb
    @Camille-cu3cb 4 місяці тому

    I only found out about this amazing stunningly beautiful woman Lee miller as I’m about to go to the cinema today to watch the film .for her own proud granddaughter to BEAUTIFULLY PRESENT AND ARTICULATE THE VERY BRAVE LIFE OF LEE MILLER YOU HAVE PASSIONATELY. DONE AMAZING WORK THIS IS SO INSPIRATIONAL .YOU CLEARY CAN SEE HER GRANDDAUGHTER HAS INHERITED HER GRANDMOTHERS GENES. LOOKS ETC LEE WILL BE SO PROUND OF HER ❤ ❤❤

  • @CricketCinema
    @CricketCinema 4 місяці тому

    I absolutely adore the work of Lee Miller. Amazing talent.

  • @MPHORROCKS
    @MPHORROCKS 4 місяці тому

    How fascinating! Asa Cocteau fan, I've known of her for years but never her own life. Brilliant!

  • @annebarden4179
    @annebarden4179 4 місяці тому

    Found this after researching Lee Miller after seeing Kate Winlets brilliant film today.... excellent video

  • @cepriela
    @cepriela 5 місяців тому +8

    should’ve left up the video ‘great art explained’ did for her as well.

  • @TheArmachillo
    @TheArmachillo 5 місяців тому +3

    I am humbled and incredibly inspired by her work and life.
    I first became aware of the extent of her work through Great Art Explained’s beautiful documentary on her. This one added more details and insight! Increíble!

  • @BarbaraDr2023
    @BarbaraDr2023 4 місяці тому

    What a great video, thank you so much

  • @ANNASTESIA-s4o
    @ANNASTESIA-s4o 4 місяці тому

    What a inspiring relateable lifes story. Thank you

  • @SoLuVaBle299
    @SoLuVaBle299 Місяць тому +1

    If I hadn’t seen this video, I wouldn’t have understood the significance of these pieces. Art is so much more fascinating and digestible when there’s a passionate and knowledgeable person to explain it. ❤

  • @utescharrer8018
    @utescharrer8018 4 місяці тому +1

    Amazing! Thank you!

  • @vaughngaminghd
    @vaughngaminghd 5 місяців тому +5

    I always felt Lee Miller's life would make an amazing movie… Glad to see her getting more recognition!

  • @RubyRodd
    @RubyRodd 4 місяці тому

    This is amazing.great video.

  • @mickey6416
    @mickey6416 4 місяці тому

    Fantastic. Thank you for sharing.

  • @charlesk323
    @charlesk323 Місяць тому

    This is exceptional, what a great story about a strong, talented woman.

  • @JungleJoeVN
    @JungleJoeVN Місяць тому

    Fantastic! I love her work that has been showcased here. Of course I will check out some more. Great stuff! She was as they say 'ahead of her time'. I don't subscribe to that phrase because those who are considered that way are actually the timely ones and the rest are jusy a bit slow on the uptake.

  • @tonyperez5360
    @tonyperez5360 5 місяців тому

    OMG I just stumbled on this amazing women photographer what an incredible lady & photographer I will study her work!

  • @jhoang861
    @jhoang861 4 місяці тому +1

    amazing and brave woman she was.

  • @sharonjack8582
    @sharonjack8582 4 місяці тому +1

    Very well-done video. I had not heard of Lee until now. From my own experience, the only One Who has been able to enable me to get past painful images and painful memories is Jesus. I can imagine that Lee really suffered through her experiences. Thank you for honoring your grandmother. So many of our ancestors went through so much. USA

  • @tiyanawilliams5070
    @tiyanawilliams5070 3 місяці тому

    Brillant, one of my favorite artists

  • @prettyboiolav
    @prettyboiolav 3 місяці тому

    What a legend!!

  • @MB-hc9tk
    @MB-hc9tk 4 місяці тому +1

    Lee miller ❤ what a woman. She was a force!

  • @rajsingharora26
    @rajsingharora26 5 місяців тому

    Such Interesting Insight into her work & so well Told.

  • @AgnetaK-r3m
    @AgnetaK-r3m 3 місяці тому +1

    And the film is brilliant 👍"Lee"

  • @Jim-BobWalton
    @Jim-BobWalton 4 місяці тому +1

    Thanks so much.
    A great woman

  • @radiohill
    @radiohill 4 місяці тому

    incredible perseverance. both as a person and an artist.

  • @alexmacdonald2644
    @alexmacdonald2644 5 місяців тому +3

    Go visit her house and have the free tour - it’s incredible.

  • @Alex-jb5tb
    @Alex-jb5tb Місяць тому

    Visited the Monschau Exhibition. Very impressing.

  • @kmills2606
    @kmills2606 4 місяці тому +1

    Thank you ❤

  • @MikeHodge9000
    @MikeHodge9000 4 місяці тому

    Truly inspiring ❤

  • @chriscard6544
    @chriscard6544 5 місяців тому +3

    I love her, for many years.

  • @naomiweaver1855
    @naomiweaver1855 5 місяців тому

    Wow, that was amazing. I’ve read about her in books about women war reporters. I’m going to look for a biography. I hope there’s a good one.

  • @1800bluemink
    @1800bluemink 4 місяці тому

    Excellent. Thank you so much.

  • @RD-gw5xy
    @RD-gw5xy 8 днів тому

    Thank you. Ms. Miller was an extraordinary woman that should be celebrated. Her determination not to be defined by others is an inspiration to all.
    Your interpretation of one of Ms. Miller's photographs, Nazi on the sofa who committed suicide, is troubling. How does that photo lend 'dignity' to the facts before her. Do you believe the photo was staged? Was she not just being a documentarian? Her photographs of the death camps point to someone who would not be interested in giving any 'dignity' to murderous criminals. Is that interpretation directly attributed to Lee Miller?

  • @Eemmee77
    @Eemmee77 4 місяці тому

    ❤🙏🏻
    Much appreciate for this iconic lady

  • @Silentkittey
    @Silentkittey 5 місяців тому +2

    Just learning about her this year!? I cannot believe I've spent so long not knowing who this wonderful women was. And years ago we just went through people trying to make others believe the camps were not real. I had no idea we were fooled while it was happening... Our society all over the world disappoints me greatly.

  • @elizabethlind7774
    @elizabethlind7774 4 місяці тому

    What fierce courage. ❤

  • @sydneywoolf5558
    @sydneywoolf5558 3 місяці тому

    Incredible. Thank you so much for sharing! Does anyone know the opening song?

  • @respectthethorn
    @respectthethorn 20 днів тому

    Wow! Incredible woman!!

  • @mytinplaterailway
    @mytinplaterailway 5 місяців тому +2

    Shame the music interferes. Better to watch with no sound.

  • @tiaclaassenfox4222
    @tiaclaassenfox4222 4 місяці тому

    She was a phenomenal artist and cook. I'm infuriates by the sexism of post war England that didn't recognize her veracity for so many decades.

  • @stingraytor
    @stingraytor 2 місяці тому

    Incredible

  • @ANNASTESIA-s4o
    @ANNASTESIA-s4o 4 місяці тому

    LOVE this.

  • @kevinroche3334
    @kevinroche3334 4 місяці тому

    The likeness between Lee and Kate winslett is amazing - I suspect in character also.

  • @buzzawuzza3743
    @buzzawuzza3743 22 дні тому

    well done

  • @GNARGNARHEAD
    @GNARGNARHEAD Місяць тому

    more that wonderful.. but still wonderful ✨

  • @HepCat333
    @HepCat333 4 місяці тому

    Stunning.