Jun Miki
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was a renowned Japan
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ese photographer and one of Japan's pioneers in photojournalism.
He was the first Japanese photographer to publish in Life Magazine.
The Selection Committee of Nikon Salon established the Miki Jun Award
Miki Jun Award
Miki Jun Award is an annual award given by Nikon for the best photo show at the Nikon Salon by an artist under 35 years old. The Miki Jun Award was established in 1999 by the Selection Committee of the Nikon Salon. It is named after the documentary photographer Miki Jun.-Prize:The prize consists of...

in 1999 to remember his legacy.

Books showing Miki's works

  • Dokyumentarī no jidai: Natori Yōnosuke, Kimura Ihee, Domon Ken, Miki Jun no shashin kara / The Documentary Age: Photographs by Natori Younosuke, Kimura Ihee, Domon Ken, and Miki Jun. Tokyo: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, 2001. An exhibition catalogue. Captions in both Japanese and English, other text in Japanese only.

Miki Jun's Life

1919, Born in Kojima, Okayama Prefecture
1954, Published photos in Life Magazine of Yang Kai Ono Takahiro Saidaiji,(naked festival)
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