She was a muse to the artist Man Ray, who mentored her in photography. She was a photojournalist during W.W. II, and near its end was stationed in Adolf Hitler’s house. She was a contributor to Vogue who took portraits of artists such as Pablo Picasso and Joan Miró. No, this isn’t the plot of a bad-ass spy movie but the life of the photographer Lee Miller. Born in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1907, Miller rose to fame as a model, decided to work behind the camera, and famously captured the aftermath of D-Day, the discovery of the Dachau concentration camp, and the harsh realities of postwar Europe. Later, she moved into Surrealism, embracing her “feel for the incongruities of daily life,” according to her biographer Carolyn Burke. This Miller retrospective at Tate Britain features 250 vintage and modern prints. —Alexandra Lemer