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Paris, 1929. Lee Miller, une jeune américaine, débarque à Paris. Mannequin, belle comme le jour, elle rêve pourtant de passer derrière l'objectif, animée d'une seule obsession : la photographie. Presque par hasard, Lee attire l'attention de Man Ray, illustre photographe gravitant dans le Montparnasse surréaliste de Dalí et sa bande d'extravagants créateurs. Elle deviendra l'assistante, l'élève puis l'amante du grand photographe. Dans l'intimité de la chambre noire, leur art et, très vite, leurs corps se lient et s'unissent. Mais alors que Lee se révèle une artiste hors pair, Man, jaloux maladif et génie égocentrique, ne peut bientôt plus supporter l'ascension de celle à qui il a tout appris.
Des cabarets du Paris bohème aux champs de bataille d'une Europe déchirée par la Seconde Guerre mondiale, de la découverte de techniques de photographie révolutionnaires à l'immortalisation de la libération des camps de concentration, Lee Miller s'impose comme une artiste absolue, une femme hors du commun.
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B>'Scharer captures the thrill of artistic creation and the swirling hedonism of Paris's beautiful people.' The Times/b>b>Model. Muse. Lover. Artist./b>br>b>/b> br>'I'd rather take a picture than be one,' Lee Miller declares, as she arrives in Paris one cool day in 1929. Lee has left behind her life in New York and a successful modelling career at Vogue to pursue her dream of becoming a photographer. She soon catches the eye of renowned Surrealist artist Man Ray and convinces him to hire her as his assistant. Man is an egotistical, charismatic force, and as Lee becomes both his muse and his protege, they embark upon a passionate affair.Lee and Man spend their days working closely in the studio and their nights at smoky cabarets, opium dens and wild parties. But as Lee begins to assert herself, and to create pioneering work of her own, Man's jealousy spirals out of control, and leads to a betrayal that threatens to destroy them both . . . Transporting us from bohemian Paris to the battlefields of WWII, The Age of Light is a powerful and intoxicating story about love, obsession and the personal price of ambition. Based on the incredible true story, in her debut novel Whitney Scharer brings a brilliant and revolutionary artist out of the shadow of a man's legacy, and into the light.b>'Whitney Scharer's storytelling is utterly immersive and gorgeous in its details . . . powerful, sensual and gripping.' Madeleine Miller, author of /b>b>Circe/b>
