Over 160 images, many of which have never been seen before, offer both a public and intimate insight into Lee Miller's work and her extraordinary personality. The exhibition also marks the start of the Centre's 10th anniversary celebrations, which will feature an extensive and varied programme dedicated to the infinite facets of the world of photography.

The exhibition focuses on the photographer's work between the 1930s and 1950s, documenting her role as a bridge between the United States, Europe and Africa, where she had experiences that were fundamental to her art.

Lee Miller was a leading figure in the Surrealist movement, collaborating with Man Ray and contributing to the discovery of solarisation. She was close to figures such as Pablo Picasso, Max Ernst and Paul Éluard, and created iconic images that were both artistic and documentary in nature. After a spell in Egypt, she returned to Europe on the eve of the Second World War, working for Vogue and bearing witness to the conflict with dramatic photographs of concentration camps and the fall of the Nazi regime. After the war, she retired to the English countryside, but her creative spirit continued to emerge even in her private life.