What is Margaret Bourke-White known for?
Margaret Bourke-White was a woman of firsts: the first photographer for Fortune, the first Western professional photographer permitted into the Soviet Union, Life magazine’s first female photographer, and the first female war correspondent credentialed to work in combat zones during World War II.
What was unusual about Bourke-White’s industrial pictures?
Bourke-White held numerous “firsts” in her professional life—she was the first foreign photographer allowed to take pictures of Soviet industry, she was the first female staff photographer for LIFE magazine and made its first cover photo, and she was the first woman allowed to work in combat zones in World War II.
What was Margaret Bourke-White’s motto and why was it important?
“Nothing attracts me like a closed door. I cannot let my camera rest till I have pried it open, and I wanted to be first.”
What happened to Margaret Bourke-White?
Later years and death. In 1953, Bourke-White developed her first symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. In 1971 she died at Stamford Hospital in Stamford, Connecticut, aged 67, from Parkinson’s disease.
What was Margaret Bourke White’s motto?
“Nothing attracts me like a closed door. I cannot let my camera rest till I have pried it open, and I wanted to be first.” “It is [the photographer’s] sacred duty to look on two sides of a question and find the truth.”
What happened to Margaret Bourke White?
What techniques did Margaret Bourke White use?
Margaret Bourke-White told stories in pictures, one image at a time. She used each small image to tell part of the bigger story. The technique became known as the photographic essay. Other magazines and photographers used the technique.
Who photographed Gandhi?
In January 1948, French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson took the last photos of Gandhi before the Indian leader’s assassination. Those images, and the ones of the funeral, are now on display at a new exhibit in NYC. Courtesy of Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos and British Pathe.