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Margaret Bourke-White was a pioneering photojournalist whose insightful pictures of 1930s Russia, German industry, and the impact of the Depression and drought in the American midwest established her reputation. She took some of the first photographs inside German concentration camps at Erla and Buchenwald following the end of World War II and ...
Celebrate the life and work of Margaret Bourke-White, a pioneering photojournalist known for her iconic images and her work with LIFE magazine.
Margaret Bourke-White was a woman of many firsts. She was LIFE magazine’s first female staff photographer, the first Western photographer permitted to enter the Soviet Union during the 1930s...
She was America’s first accredited woman photographer in WWII, and the first authorized to fly on a combat mission. She was one of the first to depict the death camps, and later became the last person to interview Gandhi, six hours before he was slain.
Margaret Bourke-White's photojournalism demonstrated her singular ability to communicate the intensity of major world events while respecting formal relationships and aesthetic considerations. She was one of the most respected photojournalists in the country during the 1930s and 40s, and her documentary work was among the most popular of its day.
By Google Arts & Culture. Strategic Air Command (1951-04) by Margaret Bourke-White LIFE Photo Collection. Born in the Bronx, New York, in 1904, Margaret Bourke-White was one of the most...
Margaret Bourke-White. Also known as. Margaret Bourke-White, Margaret Bourke-White Caldwell. Date of birth. 1904. Date of death. 1971. See all 12 artworks ›. A Mile Underground, Kimberly Diamond Mine, South Africa, 1950.
