Lee Miller was an extraordinary Jewish American photographer and model who, through acquaintance/sexual liaisons with several famous Surrealists and photographers, became a Surrealist and documentary photographer of WWII, traveling to the front where no women were allowed, and shooting famous images of the Dachau concentration camp. When shown Hitler’s home, she had a photo of herself taken in his bathtub, a personal fuck you to the monster who along with his followers almost singlehandedly destroyed the Jewish nation.
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Hello, and welcome.
I'm writing this blog under an alias. Why an alias?
I started to write what may be described as an "American Gothic" novel (sort of Henry James/ Franz Kafka with violence) with some autobiographical details. ..when I started this blog I just decided to use the alias.
This blog is about art and art history, but my interests also include literature, film analysis, psychology, forensic psychology, faerie tale analysis, cognitive therapy, cognitive linguistics, classical theater, World War II, and Russian and British history. My favorite writers include Kafka, the Brontes, and Philip K Dick. Thank you for reading this blog and I will happily reply to any comments.
She had to be courageous, of course, and greatly skilled. As Lenin Riefenstahl strove for Hitler’s affections, she worked to elicit hatred.
Times ahead are tough for all, but the Jewish nation will prevail. God wants to show mankind His power and what He can do and so give mankind the motive needed (avoidance of painful destruction), to follow His simple commands.
She appears to have fallen into depression and PTSD, permanently, after her photographic campaign in WWII/Holocaust. It’s hard to imagine anyone being able to endure that shock of what they saw.
I know quite a few children of holocaust victims, but, of course, not many survivors. All are remarkable people, and being troubled with the minor frustrations of today that floor those of this generation is not evident.
Yes! A most excellent “fuck you” if ever I saw one!
You always get there before me…i posted about Lee miller including the hitler bathtub picture and then ended up here where you had covered exactly what i did…only better…I promise that I hadn’t seen this before I posted
You are just too silly. There are a million things I never covered and I’m not trying to cover anything in particular or systematically. I’m sure that Lee Miller just came up as I was browsing or researching and I found her inspiring and wanted to remember her so I posted it. Since I don’t keep a diary and I don’t keep all of these images and info on my computer, this blog is the only way for me to remember half of these things.
Lee miller…and she looked like an angel man ray was obsessed by those lips..the whole hitler is fantastic and probably one of the most surreal things I have ever seen
With the vast array of artists that you cover so well your memory is excellent
Ha, thanks. Lately, I’ve been taking a big interest in black and white photography… from the past, more. I can see why people enjoy photography so much. It is definitely something I would never do myself. I feel like I have a good enough eye to spot a good photo but I don’t have any skill at it at all or real imagination for it. But luckily there is so much out there we can enjoy looking at.
I take the worst photographs…i so wanted to be an artist
i think you have plenty of imagination…as you say to me…dont put yourself down
OK, thanks, but I’m just making a fair assessment. Certain things like cooking, photography, driving… I don’t do…we can’t do everything …
Still you’ll do even with those flaws
how is the book coming…i need to write fiction again