Conserving the legacy of Lee Miller, Roland Penrose and their contemporaries.

Lee Miller’s legacy consists of over 60,000 images & documents. The Lee Miller Archives (LMA) houses a diverse collection of images, all available for supply and reproduction. From Surrealist photography and Vogue fashion editorials to World War II photojournalism and portraits of the some of the most important figures of the 20th Century, explore the online Picture Library. Requests can be made online or contact our expert researchers for assistance in finding an image. The LMA also represent Roland Penrose and other contemporaries as seen below.

OUR PICTURE LIBRARY

Delve into the Picture Library. Register to start your archives journey and create a photo lightbox of favourite images. Order a digital print or request to use a Lee Miller image for exhibitions, online publications, print and more; we can help with any projects you may be considering.

Photographer, Surrealist, War Correspondent, Model & Gourmet Cook.

Lee Miller

Born: 23.04.1907
Died: 21.07.1977

Photographer, Surrealist, War Correspondent, Model & Gourmet Cook.
Surrealist Painter, Curator, Poet, Collector, Promoter and Biographer.

Roland Penrose

Born: 14.10.1900
Died: 23.04.1984

Surrealist Painter, Curator, Poet, Collector, Promoter and Biographer.
American Photojournalist, War Correspondent, and Editor of LIFE Magazine.

David E. Scherman

Born: 01.01.1916
Died: 05.05.1997

American Photojournalist, War Correspondent, and Editor of LIFE Magazine.
Filmmaker, Author, Lecturer, Artist, Photographer and Co-Founder of Lee Miller Archives.

Antony Penrose

Born: 09.10.1947

Filmmaker, Author, Lecturer, Artist, Photographer and Co-Founder of Lee Miller Archives.
Engineer, Works Superintendent, Inventor, Photographer.

Theodore Miller

Born: 03.06.1871
Died: 05.05.1971

Engineer, Works Superintendent, Inventor, Photographer.
Contemporary Photographer.

Annabel Moeller

Born: 06.05.1966

Contemporary Photographer.
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Exhibition

Lee Miller | Tate Britain

2 October 2025 – 15 February 2026

With the most extensive retrospective of her photography yet staged in the UK, Tate Britain celebrates Lee Miller as one of the 20th century’s most urgent artistic voices.

The exhibition showcases Miller’s extraordinary career, from her participation in French surrealism to her fashion and war photography. Exploring her artistic collaborations, the exhibition will also shed light on lesser-known sides of her practice, such as her remarkable images of the Egyptian landscape in the 1930s.

With around 250 vintage and modern prints, including those never previously displayed, the exhibition reveals Miller’s poetic vision and fearless spirit.

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Selected Media
• 27 January 2021

Ami Bouhassane on Lee Miller

Katy Hessel interviews Ami Bouhassane on the life and work of the model turned surrealist, photographer, war correspondent and all-round 20th century artistic giant, LEE MILLER!

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BBC Radio 4 • 27 January 2021

War photographer and model Lee Miller proposed by Lindsey Hilsum of Channel 4 News.

War photographer and model Lee Miller proposed by Lindsey Hilsum of Channel 4 News.

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• 13 November 2025

Podcast – Lee Miller and Roland Penrose: Love Letters Bound in Gold Handcuffs

Ami Bouhassane, grand-daughter of photographer Lee Miller and Surrealist artist Roland Penrose presents, reads and shares their love letters, with guest speakers that contextualise the letters' content.

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• 13 November 2025

Podcast – Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime Britain

Learn about Lee Miller's British fashion images that were published on British Vogue’s pages from 1939 to 1944 in this podcast from the Lee Miller Archives.

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