Wayne Forest Miller (September 19, 1918 – May 22, 2013) was an American photographer known for his series of photographs The Way of Life of the Northern Negro. Active as a photographer from 1942 until 1975, he was a contributor to Magnum Photos beginning in 1958. Miller served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy where he was assigned to Edward Steichen’s World War II Naval Aviation Photographic Unit. He was among the first Western photographers to document the destruction at Hiroshima.
JAPAN. Hiroshima. September 8, 1945. Center of atomic bomb blast. Japanese soldier walks through site where army barracks once stood in the center of town.JAPAN. Hiroshima. September 8, 1945. Destruction caused by the atomic bomb blast.JAPAN. Hiroshima. September 8, 1945. The epicenter of the atomic blast. Army barracks once stood at this site in center of the city.JAPAN. Hiroshima. September 8, 1945. Destruction caused by the atomic bomb blast.JAPAN. Hiroshima. September 8, 1945. Victims of the atomic blast are treated in primitive conditions at the Kangyo Ginko bank. Many suffered from radiation burns and shocke Kangyo Ginko Bank.JAPAN. Hiroshima. September 8, 1945. Victims of the atomic blast in Hiroshima find refuge in aa makeshift hospital in the bank building of Kango Ginku.JAPAN. Hiroshima. September 8, 1945. Old woman, a victim of the atomic blast, lies in a makeshift hospital in the bank of Kango Ginku.Japanese civilian in a refugee center inside a former bank, Hiroshima, Japan, Sep 1945, JAPAN. Hiroshima. September 8, 1945. Makeshift Hospital in the bank of Kango Ginku houses victims of the atomic bomb blast in Hiroshima.Japanese civilians at a funeral service, Hiroshima, Japan, Sep 1945,JAPAN. Hiroshima. September 8, 1945. Japanese workers begin cleaning a bombed building. It is just a small part of the devastation caused by the atomic bomb blast.JAPAN. Hiroshima. September 8, 1945. Japanese soldiers and civilians crowd trains bound for Tokyo after the demobilization of the Japanese military.Civilians at a rail station, Hiroshima, Japan, Sep 1945, JAPAN. Hiroshima. September 8, 1945. Japanese soldiers and civilians crowd trains to Tokyo at a Hiroshima station after the demobilization of the Japanese military.Demobilized Japanese soldiers at a train station in Hiroshima, Japan, Sep 1945, Demobilized Japanese soldiers and civilians aboard a train in Hiroshima, Japan, Sep 1945,