When Reality Was Surreal: Lee Miller's World War II War Correspondence for Vogue

During World War II, Lee Miller was an accredited war correspondent for Vogue magazine. Miller was trained as a surrealist photographer by Man Ray, and her wartime work, both photographic and written, is indicative of a combination of journalism and surrealism. This thesis examines Lee Miller's war correspondence within the context of Vogue magazine, establishing parallels between the photographs and writing to determine how surrealism informs it stylistically and ideologically. Using surrealist techniques of juxtaposition and an unmanipulated photographic style, and the surrealist concepts of the Marvelous and Convulsive Beauty, Miller presented the war as a surreality, or a surreal reality. This study concludes by using Miller's approach to suggest a new concept of journalistic practice: surrealist journalism.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2003

Author dc:creator

• Rose, Josh

Contributors dc:contributor

• Way, Jennifer
• Donahue-Wallace, Kelly, 1968-
• Mayer, Melinda

• Miller, Lee, 1907-1977.
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Photography.
• Surrealism.
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Journalists.
• war correspondence
• surrealism
• World War II
• photography

Statement dc:rights

• Use restricted to UNT Community
• Copyright
• Rose, Josh
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 54479166
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