Chicago background, family, early experiences with a camera, Art Center School; Naval Photographic Unit, Edward Steichen, Hiroshima; Guggenheim to document the northern Negro, 1946-1947; work for Life and other magazines; move to the West coast, a house in Orinda; thoughts on "getting the shot," darkrooms, other photographers, museums, the market for photography, teaching; cover photography; discusses assignments, favorite stories, the birth series; creating the Family of Man and The World is Young; role with American Society of Magazine Photographers, and Magnum agency; moving on to become a forest landowner.

Articles, interviews, etc. Videotape with title Wayne Miller in his Studio was videographed by Suzanne Riess as part of the oral history.