Photos: Renowned photographer Wayne Miller dead at 94
May 23, 2013
A woman and her squatter's shack, built of cardboard and plywood on Lake Michigan's beach on a cold winter day in 1948, are seen in a photo made by renowned American photographer Wayne Miller. Miller, who produced some of the most indelible combat images of World War II and created a ground-breaking series of portraits chronicling the lives of black Americans in Chicago, has died at age 94. His granddaughter Inga Miller says Miller died at his home in Orinda, Calif., on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, following a brief illness. Miller served with an elite Navy unit in the Pacific and took some of the first pictures of Hiroshima, Japan, after it was devastated by the first atomic bomb. He returned home to his native Chicago and spent two years on the city's South Side capturing the experiences of black residents. (AP Photo/Wayne Miller) ( HOEP )
Post World War II photograph by Wayne Miller of Orinda, Calif. on life in Oakland and Chicago. ( o2tale )
Wayne Miller photo from his exhibit "Black Chicago." (Wayne Miller) ( wmiller )
This photo by renowned American photographer Wayne F. Miller provided by his family shows an image from a collection titled "Chicago's South Side: 1946-1948." Miller, who produced some of the most indelible combat images of World War II and created a ground-breaking series of portraits chronicling the lives of black Americans in Chicago, died Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at age 94. Miller served with an elite Navy unit in the Pacific and took some of the first pictures of Hiroshima, Japan, after it was devastated by the first atomic bomb. He returned home to his native Chicago and spent two years on the city's South Side capturing the experiences of black residents. (AP Photo/Courtesy Miller Family) ( HOEP )
Photojournalist Wayne Miller looks over his prints of images of South Chicago he photographed in the late 1940's. (Stephen J. Pringle/Bay Area News Group Archives) ( qwayne2.jpg )
This undated photo provided by his family shows renowned American photographer Wayne F. Miller. Miller, who produced some of the most indelible combat images of World War II and created a ground-breaking series of portraits chronicling the lives of black Americans in Chicago, died Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at age 94. Miller served with an elite Navy unit in the Pacific and took some of the first pictures of Hiroshima, Japan, after it was devastated by the first atomic bomb. He returned home to his native Chicago and spent two years on the city's South Side capturing the experiences of black residents. (AP Photo/Joan B. Miller) ( HOEP )
Photojournalist Wayne Miller, photographed in Orinda, Calif., in 2001, gathered his life's work from World War II, South Chicago, and Life magazine and donated it to the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona. (Stephen J. Pringle/Bay Area News Group Archives) ( qwayne1.jpg )
This undated photo shows the cover of "The World Is Young," a book published in 1958 by renowned American photographer Wayne F. Miller. Miller, who produced some of the most indelible combat images of World War II and created a ground-breaking series of portraits chronicling the lives of black Americans in Chicago, died Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at age 94. Miller served with an elite Navy unit in the Pacific and took some of the first pictures of Hiroshima, Japan, after it was devastated by the first atomic bomb. He returned home to his native Chicago and spent two years on the city's South Side capturing the experiences of black residents. (AP Photo) ( HOEP )
A photo by renowned photographer Wayne Miller of Orinda. Miller died May 22 at age 94. ( ewcj1218cameraclub06 )
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