Through it all, Lee must grapple with the question of whether it's possible to stay true to herself while also fulfilling her artistic ambition-and what she will have to sacrifice to do so. Lee's journey of self-discovery takes took her from the cabarets of bohemian Paris to the battlefields of war-torn Europe during WWII, from inventing radical new photography techniques to documenting the liberation of the concentration camps as one of the first female war correspondents. A captivating debut novel by Whitney Scharer, The Age of Light tells the story of Vogue model turned renowned photographer Lee Miller, and her search to forg. fiction art historical romance emotional reflective slow-paced Description She went to Paris to start over, to make art instead of being made into it.A captivating debut novel by Whitney Scharer, The Age of Light tells the story of Vogue model turned renowned photographer Lee Miller, and her search to forge a new identit. As they work together in the darkroom, their personal and professional lives become intimately entwined, changing the course of Lee's life forever. Though he wants to use her only as a model, Lee convinces him to take her on as his assistant and teach her everything he knows. "I'd rather take a photograph than be one," Lee Miller declares after she arrives in Paris in 1929, where she soon catches the eye of the famous Surrealist Man Ray. (Feb.Told in the alternating timelines of 1930s Paris and the battlefields of WWII, this "rapturous and razor sharp" debut novel brings to light the life of Lee Miller, a little known but fearlessly original artist whose legacy remains largely unexplored (Paula McClain, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife ). Scharer’s brilliant portrayal of the complicated couple features a page-turning story and thrillingly depicts the artistic process. When Man guts her by submitting her photography under his name for a prize, she exacts revenge via another project he wanted to take from her and brings matters to a head. It becomes clear that he and his circle of famous artists ultimately don’t take women’s work seriously, prompting Lee to betray him. Man nurtures her talent as a photographer but also proves himself possessive and controlling, both as a lover and as a mentor. These scenes are juxtaposed against her hope-and-love-filled initial years in Paris, where she meets the older Man at a party and later convinces him to take her on as an apprentice. The years during and after the fall of Hitler led to her most important work, but also to a drinking problem. Scharer intersperses her memories of that era with the grim but satisfying later years of being a WWII photographer. As as an older woman living on a farm in East Sussex, Lee contemplates an assignment to write about her time with Man.
Scharer’s stellar debut chronicles the tumultuous working and romantic relationships of photographer Man Ray and model-turned-photographer Lee Miller in early 1930s Paris.
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