While walking the dog this afternoon (no, really) I glanced at a bit of random junk mail on the pavement (sidewalk) and realised it featured a Hellcat nose and wheel. Good at pattern recognition? I think so...
Very oddly, despite the dog and I (and the flyer) being in Melbourne, Australia, it was an invite to a photo show at the Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach - clearly a flyer for some far-flung alumnus of Daytona State Collage.
To the point. It features the art of Magnum photographer Wayne Miller, from his book
Photographs 1942-1958
A couple of examples:
Wayne Miller, SOUTH PACIFIC. 1943. USS Saratoga. Image Reference NYC83662
Wayne Miller, SOUTH PACIFIC. November 5th, 1943 on board the US aircraft carrier USS Saratoga. Wounded gunner after Rabaul raid, Kenneth BRATTON. Image Reference NYC59922
Wayne Miller, SOUTH PACIFIC. 1943. USS Saratoga. Image Reference NYC84023
All Copyright Wayne Miller/Magnum Photos
Even in the middle of a war with 1940s equipment, on a ship, he's taken (IMHO) more powerful photographs than many of today's photographers in the field can manage. (Something to note for those that think 'embedded' journalists are a new thing.) And he had other things to cover too:
Wayne Miller, ITALY. Naples. July, 1944. Image Reference NYC59986
Original story: ITALY. Children of Naples.
Wayne Miller, JAPAN. Hiroshima. 1945. Victims of the atomic blast are treated in primitive conditions at the Kangyo Ginko bank. Many suffered from radiation burns and shock. Image Reference PAR91883
The Magnum Photos
website featuring his work.
Exhibition website:
http://www.smponline.org/wayne_miller.html
Worth a look. Anyone in Daytona Beach, let us know, eh?
Regards,
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