Editing Lee Miller (section)

===Life in Britain===
After returning to Britain from central Europe, Miller suffered severe episodes of [[Major depressive disorder|clinical depression]] which her son believes was due to [[post-traumatic stress disorder]] (PTSD).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hall |first=Chris |date=March 19, 2016 |title=Lee Miller, the mother I never knew |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/mar/19/lee-miller-the-mother-i-never-knew |access-date=September 14, 2024 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> He also described her alcoholism and recovery from alcohol abuse in his 1985 [[biography]], ''The Lives of Lee Miller.''

In November 1946, Miller was commissioned by British ''Vogue'' to illustrate an article titled, "When [[James Joyce]] Lived in Dublin", by Joyce's old friend and confidant Constantine Curran. Following a list given to her by Curran, Miller photographed numerous places and people in Dublin, many with a connection to Joyce. The article and photographs appeared in American ''Vogue'' in May 1947 and British ''Vogue'' in 1950. The photos provide a remarkable record of Joyce's hometown and Dublin during that time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2014.photoireland.org/program/lee-miller/|title=Lee Miller in James Joyce's Dublin|date=June 2014|work=PhotoIreland|access-date=December 7, 2021|archive-date=December 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208153819/http://2014.photoireland.org/program/lee-miller/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1946, Miller travelled with Roland Penrose to the United States, where she visited Man Ray in California. After she discovered she was pregnant by Penrose, she divorced Bey and, on May 3, 1947, married Penrose. Their only son, [[Antony Penrose]], was born on September 9, 1947.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Antony Penrose |url=https://www.leemiller.co.uk/artists/antony-penrose/ |access-date=September 14, 2024 |website=Lee Miller Archives}}</ref> In 1949, the couple bought [[Farley Farm House]] in [[Chiddingly]], East Sussex. During the 1950s and 1960s, Farley Farm became a sort of artistic Mecca for visiting artists such as Picasso, Man Ray, [[Henry Moore]], [[Eileen Agar]], [[Jean Dubuffet]], [[Dorothea Tanning]], and [[Max Ernst]].

While Miller continued to do the occasional photo shoot for ''Vogue'', she soon discarded the darkroom for the kitchen, becoming a gourmet cook. According to her housekeeper Patsy, she specialized in "historical food" like roast [[suckling pig]] as well as treats such as marshmallows in a cola sauce (especially made to annoy English critic [[Cyril Connolly]] who told her Americans didn't know how to cook).<ref name="JDGiovanni" />

She also provided photographs for her husband's biographies of Picasso and [[Antoni Tàpies]]. However, images from the war, especially of the concentration camps, continued to haunt her, and she started on what her son later described as a "downward spiral". Her depression may have been accelerated by her husband's long affair with the trapeze artist Diane Deriaz.<ref name="prose" />

Miller was investigated by the British security service [[MI5]] during the 1940s and 1950s, on suspicion of being a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] spy.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gardham|first=Duncan|title=MI5 investigated Vogue photographer Lee Miller on suspicion of spying for Russians, files show|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/4927532/MI5-investigated-Vogue-photographer-Lee-Miller-on-suspicion-of-spying-for-Russians-files-show.html|access-date=May 9, 2014|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|date=March 3, 2009|archive-date=May 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506010745/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/4927532/MI5-investigated-Vogue-photographer-Lee-Miller-on-suspicion-of-spying-for-Russians-files-show.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="S.Berg">{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7919000/7919211.stm |title=The Lee Miller File |author=Sanchia Berg |date=March 3, 2009 |work=Today BBC Radio 4 |access-date=September 22, 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304130121/http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7919000/7919211.stm |url-status=live}}</ref>

In October 1969, Miller was asked in an interview with a ''[[New York Times]]'' reporter what drew her to photography. Her response was that it was "a matter of getting out on a damn limb and sawing it off behind you".<ref name="Bukhari" />