Photographer Wayne Miller died on Wednesday at his home in Orinda, California. He was best known for his WWII and black life photography. It was reported by United Press International on May 23, 2013, that he died at age 94.
"Miller, a photographer who was among the first to see the destruction at Hiroshima and who became known for his images of South Side Chicago life and the African American migration, died at his home Wednesday at the age of 94."
Miller was born in Chicago in 1918. He studied photography at the Art Center School of Los Angeles before serving in the Navy in WWII. After the war he returned to Chicago and received Guggenheim fellowships that he used to work on "The Way of Life of the Northern Negro" photo project, which was included in his book, "Chicago's South Side, 1946-1948." Most of the subjects were regular people, but he also included Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, and Lena Horne.
He moved to Orinda, where he lived for the rest of his life, and worked for "LIFE Magazine" until 1953. Miller was also an active contributor to the prestigious Magnum Photos collective co-founded by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Miller also created the photos used in Benjamin Spock's seminal work, "A Baby's First Year."
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