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 Artist.

Andrew Lanyon

Born: 01.01.1947

Contemporary Artist.
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Browse our range of gifts inspired by Lee Miller and Roland Penrose. Choose your own digital print from thousands of images, explore our publications, stationary, homeware and more. All shop purchases support the Archives and Farleys.

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Exhibition

The War at Home

4 April to 21 July 2024 at Farleys House and Gallery, East Sussex, England

An exhibition from the Lee Miller Archives that shows us, through Miller’s innovative lens, the varied ways in which Britain survived and overcame another world war, in spite of the Blitz, rationing and incredible hardships. Lee’s diverse images portray the story of a nation’s ingenuity, hard work, play, adaptability and, despite the destruction and loss caused by war, its communal, defiantly optimistic striving for endurance and beauty.

Between the winter of 1939 and summer of 1944, Miller was engaged in numerous assignments for British Vogue, becoming one of the magazine’s most significant photographers on home soil.

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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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