Louis Daniel Armstrong ルイ・アームストロング

MIKI Jun 三木淳

Born in Okayama Prefecture, MIKI was hired by Time-Life’s Tokyo bureau to photograph soldiers being returning from detention in Siberia. That work led to his being hired as a Life magazine staff photographer. This photograph of Louis Armstrong, the jazz trumpet player and symbol of America, is from his first visit to Japan. Jazz, born of a fusion of Black and white music, is a style of music and a cultural artifact that could only have developed in America.

Collection of: Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
Series title: Artists
Title: Louis Daniel Armstrong
Original title: ルイ・アームストロング
Artist Name: MIKI Jun
Year: 1953
Material / Technique: Gelatin silver print on developing-out paper
Dimensions: 237x354mm
Accession number: 10003632
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