Lee Miller. Works 1930-1955

CAMERA’s autumn season will feature an extraordinary figure in 20th-century world culture: American photographer Lee Miller.

The new exhibition, curated by Walter Guadagnini, will present over 160 images from the Lee Miller Archivies from October 1, 2025, to February 1, 2026, many of which are virtually unpublished, offering both a public and intimate interpretation of her work and her extraordinary personality. The exhibition also kicks off the celebrations for the Center’s 10th anniversary, which will offer a wide-ranging and varied program dedicated to the world of photography in its infinite facets.

The exhibition focuses on the photographer’s work between the 1930s and 1950s, documenting her role as a bridge between the United States, Europe, and Africa, where she had experiences that were fundamental to her art. Lee Miller was a leading figure in the Surrealist movement, collaborating with Man Ray and contributing to the discovery of solarization. She was close to figures such as Pablo Picasso, Max Ernst, and Paul Éluard, and created iconic images that were both artistic and documentary in nature. After a period in Egypt, she returned to Europe on the eve of World War II, working for Vogue and bearing witness to the conflict with dramatic photographs of concentration camps and the fall of the Nazi regime. After the war, she retired to the English countryside, but her creative spirit continued to emerge even in her private life.

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalog published by Dario Cimorelli Editore.