Aug 28, 2019 · Margaret Bourke-White, a photographer for LIFE magazine, makes a precarious photo from one of the eagles on the 61st floor of the Chrysler Building in New York City in 1934.

Margaret Bourke-White's photojournalism demonstrated her singular ability to communicate the intensity of major world events while respecting formal relationships and aesthetic …

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 …

Dec 6, 2023 · Bourke-White's eye for design and simplicity led some to consider her talented only in the photography of objects; this eye, however, would also translate to humanitarian …

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 …

Oct 17, 2014 · One artist who truly pushed the envelope was Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971), an ambitious photographer of many firsts: she was the first photographer hired by …

Summary of Margaret Bourke-White. Following a highly successful early career in architectural and industrial photography, Bourke-White gained international recognition, not so much for her …

Oct 22, 2024 · Margaret Bourke-White was a woman of firsts in the photography field. She became the first staff photographer for Fortune, the first Western photographer allowed inside …

Nov 18, 2018 · During World War II, Margaret Bourke-White became the first woman to be a war correspondent in combat zones. After photographing the firestorms in Russia, she was …

In 1930, Bourke-White was hired to photograph the construction of what would become one of New York City's most elegant skyscrapers, the Chrysler Building. She was deeply inspired by …