Lee Miller in Hitler’s bathtub, 1945. Photograph by Lee Miller with David E. Scherman © Lee Miller Archives
Refugee boy in food distribution centre, Russo-Georgian War 2008 © Rena Effendi
I was invited to contribute to the omnibus edition of Witness History, discussing Mexican Revolution photographer Sara Castrejón; Vogue War Correspondent Lee Miller; and contemporary Azerbaijani photographer Rena Effendi, whose documentary work includes the Russo-Georgian War of 2008.
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History stories.
We focus on some of the world’s best known photographs - and the photographers who took them. We find out why Lee Miller was in Hitler’s bath in the dying days of World War Two; and historian Dr Pippa Oldfield discusses the women who were the pioneers of war photography. Also, Sir Don McCullin tells the story behind one of his most famous images of the Vietnam War.
Listen to the programme on BBC Sounds.
Contributors:
Antony Penrose, Lee Miller's son and biographer
Sir Don McCullin, photographer
Dr Pippa Oldfield, photo-historian
Manthia Diawara, filmmaker
Jonathan Kane, son of photographer Art Kane
Ming Smith, photographer
Antony Penrose, Lee Miller's son and biographer
Sir Don McCullin, photographer
Dr Pippa Oldfield, photo-historian
Manthia Diawara, filmmaker
Jonathan Kane, son of photographer Art Kane
Ming Smith, photographer