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Surrealist before she knew of the movement, Lee Miller’s work presents the world in a way that encourages us to view it in a different manner. In the same way Surrealist artists used the objet trouvé (found object), Lee developed her use of the image trouvé (found image) as a key element of her style. Through subtle use of framing, her lens selects the quirky aspect of the scene. The resulting image often contains a metaphor, sometimes both humorous and disquieting. The Surrealists desired an exploration of the subconscious, and Lee’s work rises to that call with surrealistic elements to be …