Lee Miller Tour With Ami Bouhassane And Elliott Ramsey

Join us for a tour of Lee Miller: A Photographer at Work (1932 – 1945) led by Ami Bouhassane, granddaughter of Lee Miller and Co-Director of the Lee Miller Archives, and Elliott Ramsey, The Polygon Gallery's Curator.

Tour begins at 1:30pm and lasts approximately 45 minutes.

Admission is by a suggested donation of $10-$20, courtesy of BMO Financial Group.

RSVPs are helpful

This event will be at capacity. Please arrive early to check in, so we can start the tour on time.

About Ami Bouhassane
Ami Bouhassane is the Managing Director of Farleys House & Gallery Ltd, the organisation that manages the Lee Miller Archives and Farleys House, home of her grandparents Lee Miller and Roland Penrose. Through Farleys, Bouhassane organises exhibitions in connection with their work, collections and contemporaries that are exhibited internationally as well as in the gallery spaces on site. Author, curator, podcast presenter and lecturer on both Miller and Penrose, Bouhassane has worked extensively with their material for over 26 years.

Her first book Lee Miller: A Life with Food, Friends and Recipes (2017) won 3 awards, including the IACP (International Association of Culinary Professionals) Jane Grigson award for scholarship. She is currently recording her third podcast series based on manuscripts and letters written by Miller held in the Lee Miller Archives.

Banner Image: Ami Bouhassane and Antony Penrose. Photo by Jim Holden, Copyright Lee Miller Archives.

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