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EXPOSURE – Snapshots from the life of
Lee Miller Exposure focuses on the extraordinary life of the American photographer Lee Miller, model, muse, photographer and WW2 war correspondent. These poems do not form a comprehensive biography, but rather form an album of snapshots taken from events in Lee Miller’s life, her photographs and the artworks she inspired. Some poems are written in the voice of the poet, some in Lee’s voice and others in the voice of the men who constantly surrounded her. Comments: ‘Through his long quiet observation
Derek Adams’ poetry gives us both the nuance and the power
of Lee Miller’s personality. His insightful lines connect
her talent as a surrealist artist and her achievements as
war correspondent to the vulnerable person within who
secretly bore the scars of child abuse and wartime traumas.
I regard this book as a perceptive and touching portrait of
my mother.’ Reviews "It is a mark of Derek Adams’ skill that he has been able to convey so much about Miller’s varied life in such a short space." Exposure reviewed by Stephen Claughton in London Grip read review here
"Each
poem offers an insight into the subject’s life, connecting
the person who was a talented artist and photographer with
the woman who bore trauma and faded from public view.
Steadily, each cumulates to a perceptive, poignant
collection."
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