Name/Title
Wayne F. Miller - Photographs 1942-1958Description
Wayne F. Miller - Photographs 1942-1958 book chronicles the evolution of a largely self-taught photographer who, fresh from art school, enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and spent four years capturing compelling, memorable images from the Second World War. Miller's work always contained a peculiar empathy, whether he was photographing American servicemen, Italian street urchins, or Japanese survivors of the atomic bomb, and that ethos extends to his subsequent landmark studies of the famous Bronzeville neighborhood in postwar Chicago and of the daily lives of an American family's children. This long-overdue volume offers some of Miller's finest images from these classic studies and also introduces selected and lesser-known pictorial essays from a singular career. It is an invaluable addition to both the history and the art of America and the world at mid-century. (Source: Book jacket)Context
Wayne Forrest Miller, was an Orinda resident and world-renowned photographer. He served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy where he was assigned to Edward Steichen's World War II Naval Aviation Photographic Unit and was among the first Western photographers to document the destruction at Hiroshima. He also freelanced for Life and worked as an associate curator for The Family of Man exhibition and accompanying book. The exhibition featured some of Miller’s photographs and was seen by more than 9 million visitors. He was active as a photographer from 1942 until 1975 and received many awards, among them the Guggenheim Fellowship. He is also the author of several books of photography including "The Way of Life of the Northern Negro" and "The World is Young". Miller was also active in environmentalism and forestry.Book Details
Publisher
Powerhouse Books - Brooklyn, NY