Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime Britain

If 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 met in June 1937 at a fancy dress party in Paris, the letters continue for 2 years charting their love, their friends such as Man Ray, Picasso, Leonora Carrington, Max Ernst, Nusch and Paul Eluard, their adventures, the build up of world war II, some scandals and a lot of fun.The series is available on www.Patreon.com/LeeMillerArchives to LoveLee Letters, Sliver and Platiunum Patreon teir subscribers Presented by Ami BouhassaneRoland Penrose played by Adam GraysonGuest Speakers: Hilary Roberts and Antony PenroseProducer: Tolly RobinsonMusic composed by David Cullen All content © Lee Miller Archives, England 2020. All rights reserved. www.leemiller.co.uk

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 retrospective of 17 years of her fashion photography, In and Out of Fashion, opened at Huis Marseille Museum for Photography, Amsterdam, in 2012, it then went to the Rencontres d'Arles festival, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Fotografie Forum Frankfurt and Fotomuseum Winterthur. Viviane was awarded the Dutch art prize, the Prix de Rome, in 2007, and in 2011 won the International Center of Photography in New York's Infinity Award for Applied/Fashion/Advertising Photography. In 2015 she was awarded the David Octavius Hill Medal from the German Photography Academy, and was nominated for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize for her exhibition Umbra. She has also received numerous awards for her publications.More info on series:Lee 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 produced in conjunction with the release of Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime Britain book and exhibition and explores British fashion during the war, Lee Miller's contribution to the fashion industry in these years and her significant service to the survival of British Vogue magazine.Audrey Withers, Lee Miller’s editor at British Vogue, wrote as early as 1941:‘she [Lee Miller] has borne the whole weight of our studio production through the most difficult period in Brogue’s [British Vogue’s] history’.The series is presented by Ami Bouhassane, Lee Miller's grandaughter and co-director of the Lee Miller ArchivesGuest speakers include: Fashion Historian Amber Butchart, Robin Muir, contributing editor to British Vogue, Hilary Roberts, head curator of photography, Imperial War Museums London, Julie Summers, biographer of Audrey Withers and contemporary fashion, Antony Penrose, son of Lee Miller and fine art photographer Viviane Sassen.Produced by Tolly RobinsonMusic from DeWolf MusicThis series was made possible by public funding awarded by Arts Council England from the DCMS Culture Recovery Fund

A 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 retrospective of 17 years of her fashion photography, In and Out of Fashion, opened at Huis Marseille Museum for Photography, Amsterdam, in 2012, it then went to the Rencontres d'Arles festival, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Fotografie Forum Frankfurt and Fotomuseum Winterthur. Viviane was awarded the Dutch art prize, the Prix de Rome, in 2007, and in 2011 won the International Center of Photography in New York's Infinity Award for Applied/Fashion/Advertising Photography. In 2015 she was awarded the David Octavius Hill Medal from the German Photography Academy, and was nominated for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize for her exhibition Umbra. She has also received numerous awards for her publications.More info on series:Lee 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 produced in conjunction with the release of Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime Britain book and exhibition and explores British fashion during the war, Lee Miller's contribution to the fashion industry in these years and her significant service to the survival of British Vogue magazine.Audrey Withers, Lee Miller’s editor at British Vogue, wrote as early as 1941:‘she [Lee Miller] has borne the whole weight of our studio production through the most difficult period in Brogue’s [British Vogue’s] history’.The series is presented by Ami Bouhassane, Lee Miller's grandaughter and co-director of the Lee Miller ArchivesGuest speakers include: Fashion Historian Amber Butchart, Robin Muir, contributing editor to British Vogue, Hilary Roberts, head curator of photography, Imperial War Museums London, Julie Summers, biographer of Audrey Withers and contemporary fashion, Antony Penrose, son of Lee Miller and fine art photographer Viviane Sassen.Produced by Tolly RobinsonMusic from DeWolf MusicThis series was made possible by public funding awarded by Arts Council England from the DCMS Culture Recovery FundPodcast content: © Lee Miller Archives, England 2021. All rights reserved. www.leemiller.co.uk

In 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 including the acclaimed biography 'The Lives of Lee Miller' and best selling childrens book 'The Boy who Bit Picasso'. As an artist he has works in the collection of Falmouth Art Gallery and in Farleys sculpture garden. Antony also lectures internationally on Lee Miller, Roland Penrose and their circle of friends.More info on series:Lee 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 produced in conjunction with the release of Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime Britain book and exhibition and explores British fashion during the war, Lee Miller's contribution to the fashion industry in these years and her significant service to the survival of British Vogue magazine.Audrey Withers, Lee Miller’s editor at British Vogue, wrote as early as 1941:‘she [Lee Miller] has borne the whole weight of our studio production through the most difficult period in Brogue’s [British Vogue’s] history’.The series is presented by Ami Bouhassane, Lee Miller's grandaughter and co-director of the Lee Miller ArchivesGuest speakers include: Fashion Historian Amber Butchart, Robin Muir, contributing editor to British Vogue, Hilary Roberts, head curator of photography, Imperial War Museums London, Julie Summers, biographer of Audrey Withers and contemporary fashion, Antony Penrose, son of Lee Miller and fine art photographer Viviane Sassen.Produced by Tolly RobinsonMusic from DeWolf MusicThis series was made possible by public funding awarded by Arts Council England from the DCMS Culture Recovery FundPodcast content: © Lee Miller Archives, England 2021. All rights reserved. www.leemiller.co.uk

A 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 author of many publications on his parents including the acclaimed biography 'The Lives of Lee Miller' and best selling childrens book 'The Boy who Bit Picasso'. As an artist he has works in the collection of Falmouth Art Gallery and in Farleys sculpture garden. Antony also lectures internationally on Lee Miller, Roland Penrose and their circle of friends.More info on series:Lee 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 produced in conjunction with the release of Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime Britain book and exhibition and explores British fashion during the war, Lee Miller's contribution to the fashion industry in these years and her significant service to the survival of British Vogue magazine.Audrey Withers, Lee Miller’s editor at British Vogue, wrote as early as 1941:‘she [Lee Miller] has borne the whole weight of our studio production through the most difficult period in Brogue’s [British Vogue’s] history’.The series is presented by Ami Bouhassane, Lee Miller's grandaughter and co-director of the Lee Miller ArchivesGuest speakers include: Fashion Historian Amber Butchart, Robin Muir, contributing editor to British Vogue, Hilary Roberts, head curator of photography, Imperial War Museums London, Julie Summers, biographer of Audrey Withers and contemporary fashion, Antony Penrose, son of Lee Miller and fine art photographer Viviane Sassen.Produced by Tolly RobinsonMusic from DeWolf MusicThis series was made possible by public funding awarded by Arts Council England from the DCMS Culture Recovery FundPodcast content: © Lee Miller Archives, England 2021. All rights reserved. www.leemiller.co.uk

A 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 closely with contemporary photographers covering conflict as well as collections of historic war photography. She has many other publications, broadcasts and exhibitions to her name including 'Don McCullin: Shaped by War' (2010) and 'Cecil Beaton:Theatre of War' (2012). More info on series:Lee 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 produced in conjunction with the release of Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime Britain book and exhibition and explores British fashion during the war, Lee Miller's contribution to the fashion industry in these years and her significant service to the survival of British Vogue magazine.Audrey Withers, Lee Miller’s editor at British Vogue, wrote as early as 1941:‘she [Lee Miller] has borne the whole weight of our studio production through the most difficult period in Brogue’s [British Vogue’s] history’.The series is presented by Ami Bouhassane, Lee Miller's grandaughter and co-director of the Lee Miller ArchivesGuest speakers include: Fashion Historian Amber Butchart, Robin Muir, contributing editor to British Vogue, Hilary Roberts, head curator of photography, Imperial War Museums London, Julie Summers, biographer of Audrey Withers and contemporary fashion, Antony Penrose, son of Lee Miller and fine art photographer Viviane Sassen.Produced by Tolly RobinsonMusic from DeWolf MusicThis series was made possible by public funding awarded by Arts Council England from the DCMS Culture Recovery FundPodcast content: © Lee Miller Archives, England 2021. All rights reserved. www.leemiller.co.uk

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 aspects of the Second World War with subjects such as evacuees, women on the Home Front and requisitioned country houses. Her book Jambusters,2013 was the inspiration for the drama series 'Home Fires' which ran for in 135 territories worldwide.More info on series:Lee 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 produced in conjunction with the release of Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime Britain book and exhibition and explores British fashion during the war, Lee Miller's contribution to the fashion industry in these years and her significant service to the survival of British Vogue magazine.Audrey Withers, Lee Miller’s editor at British Vogue, wrote as early as 1941:‘she [Lee Miller] has borne the whole weight of our studio production through the most difficult period in Brogue’s [British Vogue’s] history’.The series is presented by Ami Bouhassane, Lee Miller's grandaughter and co-director of the Lee Miller ArchivesGuest speakers include: Fashion Historian Amber Butchart, Robin Muir, contributing editor to British Vogue, Hilary Roberts, head curator of photography, Imperial War Museums London, Julie Summers, biographer of Audrey Withers and contemporary fashion, Antony Penrose, son of Lee Miller and fine art photographer Viviane Sassen.Produced by Tolly RobinsonMusic from DeWolf MusicThis series was made possible by public funding awarded by Arts Council England from the DCMS Culture Recovery FundPodcast content: © Lee Miller Archives, England 2021. All rights reserved. www.leemiller.co.uk

A 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 into a drama series. She has written on several other different aspects of the Second World War with subjects such as evacuees, women on the Home Front and requisitioned country houses. Her book Jambusters,2013 was the inspiration for the drama series 'Home Fires' which ran for in 135 territories worldwide. More info on series:Lee 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 produced in conjunction with the release of Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime Britain book and exhibition and explores British fashion during the war, Lee Miller's contribution to the fashion industry in these years and her significant service to the survival of British Vogue magazine.Audrey Withers, Lee Miller’s editor at British Vogue, wrote as early as 1941:‘she [Lee Miller] has borne the whole weight of our studio production through the most difficult period in Brogue’s [British Vogue’s] history’.The series is presented by Ami Bouhassane, Lee Miller's grandaughter and co-director of the Lee Miller ArchivesGuest speakers include: Fashion Historian Amber Butchart, Robin Muir, contributing editor to British Vogue, Hilary Roberts, head curator of photography, Imperial War Museums London, Julie Summers, biographer of Audrey Withers and contemporary fashion, Antony Penrose, son of Lee Miller and fine art photographer Viviane Sassen.Produced by Tolly RobinsonMusic from DeWolf MusicThis series was made possible by public funding awarded by Arts Council England from the DCMS Culture Recovery FundPodcast content: © Lee Miller Archives, England 2021. All rights reserved. www.leemiller.co.uk