Lee Miller

• Born: 23. April, 1907
• Died: 21. July, 1977
• Nationality: American
• Known for: Surrealism, war photography

Lee Miller had one of the most remarkable life trajectories in photography. She started as a Vogue fashion model in New York, then moved to Paris and became Man Ray's assistant, lover, and collaborator. Together they rediscovered the solarization technique.

But what makes her truly fascinating is her transformation into a war correspondent during World War II. She documented the London Blitz, the liberation of Paris, and was one of the first photographers to enter the concentration camps at Buchenwald and Dachau. The famous photo of her bathing in Hitler's bathtub in Munich was taken by her colleague David E. Scherman on the same day Hitler died.

After the war, she struggled with what we would now recognize as PTSD and largely abandoned photography. Her son only discovered her archive of over 60,000 images after her death.

Her story shows how someone can completely reinvent themselves, moving from the glamorous world of fashion and surrealism to documenting some of the darkest moments in history