Fine Print: Ella Fitzgerald, Chicago, Illinois, 1948 Size:11 x 14 in (28 x 36 cm)

Fine Print: Ella Fitzgerald, Chicago, Illinois, 1948 Size:11 x 14 in (28 x 36 cm)Wayne Miller returned to Chicago after photographing Hiroshima and its aftermath in Japan, to embark on a project that he hoped would raise awareness about the marginalized African American community on the city's South Side. Funded by two consecutive Guggenheim grants, Miller immersed himself in the neighborhood between 1946 to 1948 and produced a studied insight into the everyday lives of its residents. As with his previous work, Miller was

archival materials

figures trudged through the street in front of the Tishman Building at 666 5th Avenue

As Smith explained in the 1959 Popular Photography Annual: “Coke … is made from bituminous coal in long

three cards

Parke decided to channel his emotions into his photography which resulted in Dream/Life

Miles Davis rehearses in New York

it was a welcome return to the notion of being a community photographer—connecting to the community

Pictured here in 1952

” because he says

“Kings from Queens

a subject that was widely discussed in the media at that time

According to the LIFE caption