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
- Tokyo Photographic Art Museum “Search the Collection”
- https://collection.topmuseum.jp/Publish/detailPage/37106/
