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The sunflowers are peeping out of the window as we are looking forward to welcoming the visitors to Farleys House & Gallery today.

Image: Sunflowers in the gallery window, Farleys, East Sussex 2018 by Tony Tree #rolandpenrose #surrealism #leemiller #sunflowers #gallery #sculpturegarden #sussex #eastsussex #visitors #thingstodotoday

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Wishing everyone one a fabulous Pride today in Brighton from us all at Farleys & the Lee Miller Archives.

‘Jean Cocteau and I fell into each other’s arms, he was greatly persecuted but survived.[..] His new movie La Belle et la Bête [Beauty & the Beast] is all prepared.’ Extract from manuscript by Lee Miller about the liberation of Paris 1944.

Image: Jean Cocteau, Palais Royale, Paris France 1944 by Lee Miller © Lee Miller Archives, England 2018. All rights reserved. www.le...emiller.co.uk

#leemiller #jeancocteau #hero #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephoto #liberationofparis #director #palaisroyale #palaisroyal #labelleetlabête #noiretblanc #photography #pride🌈 #brightonpride #brighton #pridemonth

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Have you decided on your outfit for our Surrealist Picnic yet? We can’t wait to see everyone’s costumes & picnics! It’s going to be great fun. Parsley ice cream anyone??

Tickets: from our website, link in biog. There are not many places left!

Image: Picnic costume idea by Tony Tree, © Tony Tree, courtesy Lee Miller Archives, England 2018. All rights reserved. #surrealpic #picnic #picnics #fancydress #surrealistpicnic #farleyshg #blackandwhite #tonytree

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Happy 120th Birthday Henry Moore! Born on this day 30th July 1898. Henry Moore the British artist famous for his large abstract sculptures was a good friend of both Roland Penrose and Lee Miller who also collected some of his work. Lee Miller photographed Henry on several occasions both in his studio and relaxing with his family.

Images: top left = Mary & Henry Moore, Farleys Garden, Farley Farm, East Sussex, England 1953 by Lee Miller Top right = Henry Moore taken during t...he filming of ‘Out of Chaos’, Holborn Underground, London, England 1943 by Lee Miller Bottom left = Henry Moore, Perry Green, Hertfordshire, England 1943 by Lee Miller Bottom right = Irena and Henry Moore, Hertfordshire, England 1942 by Lee Miller © Lee Miller Archives, England 2018 www.leemiller.co.uk

#otd #bornonthisday #henrymoore #scupture #leemiller #family #happybirthday #artistsstudio #artistportrait #artist #portraitphotography #portraiture #rolandpenrose #blackandwhite #blancoynegro #noiretblanc #noiretblancphotographie #blackandwhitephoto

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The Man Behind the Mask #2.... In 1941, David E. Scherman was on board an Egyptian liner called the Zamzam, heading for an assignment in South Africa. The ship was attacked and sunk by a German war ship disguised as a merchant vessel. David took pictures from the lifeboat and when he was taken prisoner by the Germans and hid the films in tubes of shaving cream and toothpaste which he later smuggled back to LIFE Magazine to publish. The pictures of the ship enabled the Britis...h Navy to track down the surface raider and sink it.

Image: David E. Scherman after the German surrender at St. Malo, France 1944 by Lee Miller © Lee Miller Archives, England 2018. www.leemiller.co.uk #zamzam #wwii #navy #royalnavy #forgottenhero #forgottenhistory #davidescherman #leemillerarchives #lifemagazine #leemiller #warcorrespondent #blancoynegro #photography #photographie #blackandwhitephoto

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Exercises, part of the series that we posted previously but this time using a triple exposure to illustrate the movement. The shoot took place in British Vogue studio during the Second World War.

Image: Exercises, Vogue Studio, London, England 1942 by Lee Miller © Lee Miller Archives, England 2018. All rights reserved. www.leemiller.co.uk

#leemiller #london #leemillerarchives #voguestudio #vogue #britishvogue #london #exercise

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Remembering Lee Miller, who died today 21st July in 1977. Mistress of self re-invention, she started as a model for Vogue & Vanity Fair, then crossed to the other side of the camera becoming a photographer of portraits, Surrealist images & fashion. In WWII she became a war correspondent for Vogue, covering fashion, combat & the advance of the allies through Europe. Recording the horror of the death camps Dachau & Buchenwald with her camera. Post war was difficult for her and... she struggled with the effects of what she had seen. Today she would probably be diagnosed with having PTSD. She also battled with Post Natal depression after the birth of her only child, Antony at the age of 40. Eventually she learnt to cope reinventing herself one final time as a Gourmet cook. When she died was again being celebrated in magazines but this time a celebrity for her skills at entertaining and in the kitchen.

Lee Miller’s ashes are in the garden here at Farleys her home and also the home of her Archives that continues to care for her legacy today.

Image: detail from- Lee Miller, Lambe Creek, Cornwall, England 1937 by Roland Penrose #leemiller #leemillerarchives #femalephotographer #surrealism #wwii #rip #gourmet #gourmet-cook #ptsd #postnataldepression #portraiture #warcorrespondent #fashion

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Egyptian Onions in dry soil in Lee’s herb patch, Farleys Garden by Tony Tree. The hovering rain clouds of this morning have disappeared without releasing a drop! The garden is still a great place to explore. Open on Sundays 10-4.30pm

Image by Tony Tree © courtesy of Lee Miller Archives, England 2018 www.leemiller.co.uk #sculpture #herb #herbgarden #onions #egyptianonion #drysoil #gardentovisit #garden #sculpturegarden