Who sees who?

Who sees who?

by marlies|dekkers

Who sees who? Often called one of the most beautiful women of the 20th century, Lee Miller was used to being gazed at – by her father*, by fashion photographers, by lovers like Man Ray and artists like Picasso. Look deeply into Lee’s eyes however, and you see her power as a muse to turn the male gaze back onto itself. “I would rather take a photo than be one,” Lee once said, and so she did. She became a photographer.

So, let’s stop being blinded by her beauty for a moment. Let’s zoom in on Lee Miller’s biggest talent: her unflinching eye for detail, her ability to really SEE. Looking through her eyes, a landscape becomes emotional, a war scene poetic. Her vision never ceases to move us. The Surrealists’ celebration of Lee’s eyes may have been playful and sometimes even erotically obsessive, but such terrific tributes they created: from Man Ray’s metronome featuring a picture of Lee’s piercing eye to Picasso’s portrait of Lee which depicts her eyes as vagina-like. (Lee was able to laugh at Picasso’s sly reference to the voracity of her gaze). Are you ready to lift the veil and look beyond the superficial? There’s always more than meets the eye. Dare to see!

*He took nude pictures of Lee starting at seven years old

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