Kate Winslet as Lee Miller in "Lee".

Lee Miller: Photographing War

Posted by Speakeasy News > Wednesday 25 September 2024 > Ready to Use


At a time when women helped wage war backstage, Lee Miller went to the front with her camera and risked her life to witness and share the reality of WWII with the rest of the world. The biopic by Ellen Kuras to be released in October and starring Kate Winslet pays tribute to this modern and determined female trailblazer who went from fashion model and Surrealist muse to war photographer.

Vocabulary and structures

  • talking about past events (preterite)
  • war: battlefield, colonel, fight …
  • art: photography / photograph / photographer
  • personality and reaction: bold, reckless, determined // amazed, stunned, appalled…
  • contrast and paradox: even though, yet, despite..

 Pronunciation

  • colonel /ˈkɜːnəl /
  • word stress: photography / photograph / photographer