Art, fashion and photography. Life and photographs of Lee Miller

Man Ray | Lee Miller

Man Ray, Lee Miller. 1930 circa © Man Ray 2015 Trust / ADAGP – SIAE – 2022 ; images : Telimage, Paris

ART, FASHION AND PHOTOGRAPHY. LIFE AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF LEE MILLER

Model, photographer, muse, war reporter and 20th century icon.
Lee Miller was all this and much more!

Her life is inextricably linked to Man Ray, who was first a teacher, then a love and finally a friend. Lee Miller’s photographs recount this bond and also her life dedicated to art and photography.
Lee Miller was a pioneer of surrealism in photography, putting her on an equal footing with Man Ray, whose personality she always overshadowed both during her life and in the years to come.

Life and photographs of Lee Miller

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Snapshot stories: women’s photography

Manassè Studio |fotografie | Mein Zukerl,

Manassè Studio, Mein Zukerl, 1926, stampa alla gelatina ai sali d’argento, vintage

SNAPSHOT STORIES: WOMEN’S PHOTOGRAPHY

Who are the female photographers from the post-war period to the present day to remember and who are the protagonists of women’s photography? Which female personalities have made the history of photography from the 20th century to the present day?

Here are the female photographers to get to know, the themes that characterise their works, the exhibition to see and the book to read to shed light on the stories, names and works of female photography.

feminine photography

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Casa Azul: tickets for the Frida Kahlo Museum

Frida Kahlo | Musei Messico

CASA AZUL: TICKETS TO THE FRIDA KAHLO MUSEUM

Going to Mexico with tickets to the Frida Kahlo Museum already in your pocket is the first thing to do when planning your trip and if you want to get to know Mexico’s most important artist, who has become an icon throughout the world.
By purchasing tickets for the Frida Kahlo Museum in advance, you can be sure of entering the house where one of the most important women of the 20th century was born, grew up and lived.

Here, then, is all the information you need to book tickets for Casa Azul, the Frida Kahlo Museum.

Frida Kahlo Museum Tickets

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How to book tickets Fortuny Museum and what to see

Mariano Fortuny | Museo Venezia

Fortuny Venezia @Fotografie di Massimo Listri

HOW TO BOOK TICKETS FORTUNY MUSEUM AND WHAT TO SEE

Booking Fortuny Museum Tickets is the first thing to do if you want to discover one of the most fascinating places in Venice.
By purchasing tickets for the Fortuny Museum in advance, you can walk through the rooms where Mariano and his wife created the most famous and important clothes and furnishings of the 20th century.

Here, then, is all the information you need to book Fortuny Museum tickets.

Fortuny Museum Tickets

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The works of the Fortuny Museum, an artist’s home

Museo Fortuny | Venezia

Fortuny Venezia @Fotografie di Massimo Listri

THE WORKS OF THE FORTUNY MUSEUM, THE HOME OF A BRILLIANT ARTIST

What are the works in the Fortuny Museum and why should you visit this Venetian museum at least once in your life?
The gothic Venetian palace that was the home but also the workshop of Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (Granada 1871, Venice 1949) and his wife Henriette Nigrin, was one of the focal points of intellectuals in the early 20th century.

In cosmopolitan and industrious Venice, it was almost a must for the refined elite of the time to visit Mariano Fortuny and his wife, and it is now important to visit these rooms to discover the importance of his creative work in the culture of the early 20th century.

The works of the Fortuny Museum

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