"I'd rather take a picture than be one," says Lee Miller after she arrives in Paris in 1929. Lee Miller’s time in Paris and how it echoes through the rest of her life is a story I won’t soon forget. Her relationship to her body-her understanding of her own beauty, her fearless lust and brazen sexuality-creates some of the most captivating moments of the story. And while Man comes to life on the page as a vulnerable and possessive figure, it’s Lee-her tenacity, confidence, and passion for beauty-who steals the show. I never knew just how sensual developing film could be until Lee Miller and Man Ray got into that dark room. Is she his muse or partner? Are they faithful or not? Where does one person end and the other begin? Slowly, they fall in love, but quickly, the lines of their relationship blur. As the two work closely together, Lee finds her voice as a photographer. Soon, she meets Surrealist artist Man Ray and convinces him to make her not his subject, but his assistant. When Lee Miller arrives in 1930s Paris, she's determined to put her successful modeling career behind her and go behind the lens. The Age of Light had me at “a love affair between real-life photographers Lee Miller and Man Ray.” But when I learned it's also the story of a woman who moves beyond muse to artist, I all but threw myself at it and yelled, "Take my money!" I'm a sucker for a woman demanding to be heard.
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