Whitney Scharer
Author
Language
English
Description
She went to Paris to start over, to make art instead of being made into it. A captivating debut novel by Whitney Scharer, The Age of Light tells the story of Vogue model turned renowned photographer Lee Miller, and her search to forge a new identity as an artist after a life spent as a muse. "I'd rather take a photograph than be one," she declares after she arrives in Paris in 1929, where she soon catches the eye of the famous Surrealist Man Ray....
Author
Language
Deutsch
Description
"Ich würde lieber ein Bild machen, als eines zu sein" - zu dieser Erkenntnis kommt Lee Miller im Alter von zweiundzwanzig Jahren. Sie gibt ihre Karriere als Mannequin in New York auf und zieht nach Paris. Ohne Geld oder einen Plan, dafür aber mit der Kamera ihres Vaters. Inmitten der schillernden Künstlerwelt der 1930er Jahre verliebt sie sich in den ebenso genialen wie eifersüchtigen Man Ray, der sie als Assistentin einstellt und unterrichtet....
Author
Publisher
Narrativa Salamandra
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
The fascinating biography of the photographer and model Lee Miller is the starting point for this intimate and colorful novel by Whitney Scharer. Millers multiple facets cover girl, Man Rays muse, surrealist photographer and pioneer World War 2 reporter make her an indisputable icon.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
One of the Best Books of the Year: Parade, Glamour, Real Simple, Refinery29, Yahoo! Lifestyle. "A startlingly modern love story and a mesmerizing portrait of a woman's self-transformation from muse to artist." —Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere
"I'd rather take a photograph than be one," Lee Miller declares after she arrives in Paris in 1929, where she soon catches the eye of the famous Surrealist...
"I'd rather take a photograph than be one," Lee Miller declares after she arrives in Paris in 1929, where she soon catches the eye of the famous Surrealist...
