The Final Word - Joe McNally

Following an assignment to shoot one of his idols, Joe recalls their first ever meeting

Predictably, it all started with a photograph. David Douglas Duncan, one of Life’s preeminent photographers, was in Tokyo in post-war Japan, and Jun Miki, an equally formidable Japanese photographer, wanted to take his picture.

Duncan was sceptical, as the light of the day had faded. Miki persisted, and the next day he brought Duncan a print. It was so sharp, even though shot in tough lighting conditions, Duncan asked to be introduced to the people who were making this little-known lens – Nikkor.