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Wayne F. Miller: Photographs 1942-1958 Hardcover – October 14, 2008

by Kerry Tremain (Author), Amy Dry Stanley (Author), Stephen Daiter (Editor),

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Wayne F. Miller: Photographs 1942-1958 is the visual chronicle of the evolution of Wayne Forest Miller, a largely self-taught photographer who gladly left art school in 1942 to embrace the full spectrum of experience offered by the Second World War. Operating as a combat photographer under his own orders, and answerable only to Captain Edward Steichen, United States Navy, as to the results of his efforts, Lieutenant Miller photographed everything of interest that he encountered, from boredom to horror. Those images document an integral part of the American wartime experience and are secured in the National Archives in Washington D.C. What set Miller’s work apart from many other war photographers was in part a peculiar empathy, whether creating images of our own soldiers or Japanese survivors of the atomic bomb; in his work he strove to “climb inside those people, and look through their eyes.”

That ethos is present in all of Miller’s subsequent work, from his unique and comprehensive study (supported by the award of two Guggenheim grants) of the citizens of the Bronzeville neighborhood of postwar Chicago to his equally groundbreaking documentation a decade later of the daily life of an American family. This present volume offers some of Miller’s finest imagery from several classic areas of his oeuvre, as well as little-known and heretofore unpublished works. Throughout the book Miller’s own words illuminate the viewing experience with remarks that are by turns amusing, informative, and thought-provoking. Missives and quotations are reproduced from luminaries such as Eleanor Roosevelt, W. Eugene Smith, and the fabled Edward Steichen.

Wayne F. Miller: Photographs 1942-1958 takes us to the midpoint of the career of one of the country’s most important visual artists and ends with his tremendously successful series that came to be published as The World is Young. This long overdue volume is an irreplaceable addition to American heritage.

Born in Chicago in 1918, Wayne F. Miller studied photography at the Art Center School of Los Angeles before joining the United States Navy in 1942, where he reached the rank of lieutenant. In the two decades following the war, Miller worked as a freelancer for Life, Fortune, Ladies’ Home Journal, Collier’s, and Ebony, received two Guggenheim fellowships, taught photography at the Institute of Design in Chicago, assisted Edward Steichen on the historic MoMA exhibit The Family of Man, and served as the president of Magnum Photos, among other achievements. He is the author of The World Is Young (Simon & Schuster, 1958) and Chicago's South Side, 1946-1948 (University of California Press, 2000). He lives with his wife Joan in California.

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October 14, 2008
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10.8 x 1.1 x 11.5 inches
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1576874621
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978-1576874622
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Stephen Daiter has been a photography dealer since the late 1980s. Through his eponymous gallery space, he has overseen the release of over 30 photo books and catalogues, including This Was the Photo League: Compassion and the Camera from the Depression to the Cold War and André Kertész: Observations, Thoughts, Reflections (Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2001 and 2005). In the last few years, Stephen Daiter Gallery has also evolved into a showcase for recent and contemporary photography as well as photo-based art.

Kerry Tremain is the editor of California magazine and a founder and former director of the International Fund for Documentary Photography. He edited and wrote the introduction to Witness in Our Time: Working Lives of Documentary Photographers (Smithsonian, 2000) and worked with Wayne Miller to curate the traveling exhibition Chicago’s South Side.

Amy Dru Stanley is an American history professor at the University of Chicago and the author of the prize-winning book, From Bondage to Contract: Wage Labor, Marriage, and the Market in the Age of Slave Emancipation. She writes and teaches on the history of American culture, on slavery and freedom, and is at work on a new project on volition, will, and desire.

Fred Ritchin has been the picture editor of The New York Times Magazine (1978–82), executive editor of CameraArts magazine (1982–83), and founding director of the Photojournalism and Documentary Photography Program at the International Center of Photography (1983–86). He is now a professor of photography and imaging at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and a new media consultant to news and photo organizations. His newest book, After Photography, will be published in 2008.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ powerHouse Books; First Edition (October 14, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1576874621
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1576874622
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.4 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.8 x 1.1 x 11.5 inches

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Rashard Kelly

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Like most photographers of the time Wayne Miller worked with a very simple set of tools compared to even the simplest DSLR we have available to us today. Yet the images are strong, convey emotion, tell a story, and just look really good. You will see everything from elements of war, racism, and a view into america 60 years ago. The past is often romanticized as being such an innocent time. This book tells a very different tale. The images are so real you feel like you can step inside of them. You feel fear, anger, joy, confidence and compassion viewing the pictures. The book really teaches what can be done with basic prime lenses and an eye for a photographic moment. I loved it. I am very satisfied with this one!

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Richard Stanley

A humble master!

Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2014

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Wayne F. Miller was a simple and good human being gifted with an amazing vision and mastery of tone. This book is a joy to look at over and over.

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Wayne Miller: a true humanist, as his photos show so clearly. Technically, I especially like his low-camera angle used so frequently.

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Cyborg

an essential photo book

Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2012

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A very good photo book where one can study the composition of a great photo, specially black and white. Also, the history that comes with the photos are great. I would recommend this book to any photo enthusiast.

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Malik CHARFA

Wayne F. Miller: Photographs 1942-1958

Reviewed in France on September 9, 2023

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Très belle ouvrage neuf reçu ce matin, grand livre noir et blanc de Wayne Miller, avec de grandes photographies, couché sur un papier de qualité. De très bonne facture....
Il est rare de trouver des ouvrages photographiques de Wayne Miller neuf.....

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vilson marchi

Bellissimo.

Reviewed in Italy on November 28, 2021

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Un grande fotografo.

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