Margaret Bourke-White

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Margaret Bourke-White


Born
in New York City, The United States
June 14, 1904

Died
August 27, 1971


Margaret Bourke-White was an American photographer and documentary photographer. She is best known as the first foreign photographer permitted to take pictures of Soviet Industry, the first female war correspondent (and the first female permitted to work in combat zones) and the first female photographer for Henry Luce's Life magazine, where her photograph appeared on the first cover. ...more

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Portrait of Myself

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Halfway to Freedom

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The Taste of War

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Shooting the Russian War

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Prima, donna.

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Eyes on Russia

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“The very secret of life for me, I believed, was to maintain in the midst of rushing events an inner tranquility.”
Margaret Bourke-White, Portrait of Myself

“Nothing attracts me like a closed door. I cannot let my camera rest until I have pried it open.”
Margaret Bourke-White

“The element of discovery is very important. I don't repeat myself well. I want and need that stimulus of walking forward from one new world to another.”
Margaret Bourke-White

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