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An eye on the world : oral history transcript : reviewing a lifetime in photography / 2003.
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Title:

An eye on the world : oral history transcript: reviewing a lifetime in photography / 2003

Creator/Contributor:

Miller, Wayne, 1918-2013, creator, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Riess, Suzanne B., interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

Chicago background, family, early experiences with a camera, Art Center School; Naval Photographic Unit, Edward Steichen, Hiroshima; Guggenheim to document the northern Negro, 1946-1947; work for Life and other magazines; move to the West coast, a house in Orinda; thoughts on "getting the shot," darkrooms, other photographers, museums, the market for photography, teaching; cover photography; discusses assignments, favorite stories, the birth series; creating the Family of Man and The World is Young; role with American Society of Magazine Photographers, and Magnum agency; moving on to become a forest landowner.
Articles, interviews, etc. Videotape with title Wayne Miller in his Studio was videographed by Suzanne Riess as part of the oral history.

Date:

2003 (issued)

Subject:

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Photographers -- United States -- Interviews
Photojournalism -- United States
World War, 1939-1945 -- Photography
African Americans -- Photographs
Photographes -- États-Unis -- Entretiens
Photographie de presse -- États-Unis
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Photographie
Noirs américains -- Photographies
African Americans
Photographers
Photography
Photojournalism
United States
Miller, Wayne -- 1918-2013
Steichen, Edward -- 1879-1973
Miller, Wayne -- 1918-2013
Steichen, Edward -- 1879-1973

Note:

Wayne F. Miller ; with an introduction by Daniel Dixon. Interviews conducted by Suzanne B. Riess in 2001. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Audio tape recording of the interviews also available. Shelved as Phonotape 3624 C:1-14.
Also available online.
Volume includes index.
Duplicate transcript: Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

biography
Interviews.
Photographs.
Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
1 v. (ix, 195 p.) : ill., col. port. ; 29 cm.
14 audiocassettes
1 v. and 1 videocassette.

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

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Wayne Miller in his studio