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Margaret Bourke-White

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in New York City, The United States

June 14, 1904

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August 27, 1971

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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.

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	Portrait of Myself by Margaret Bourke-White, Bourke-whi, White Margaret Bourke 4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1963 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Photographs Of Margaret Bourke White 4.42 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1972 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Margaret Bourke-White: The Early Work, 1922-1930 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2005	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Taste of War by Margaret Bourke-White, Jonathan Silverman (Editor) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1986	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Halfway to freedom: A report on the new India in the words and photographs of Margaret Bourke-White 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1949	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Purple Heart Valley: A Combat Chronicle of the War in Italy 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twenty Parachutes 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moments of History. Margaret Bourke-White 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Margaret Bourke White, 1904 1971: Photographs 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Steel & real estate: Margaret Bourke-White and corporate culture in Cleveland, 1927-1929 ; an exhibition organized by the College of Wooster Art Museum ... 2000 ; guest curator Geraldine Wojno Kiefer 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2000	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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

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“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

tags: innovator, photographer

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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

tags: photography, tranquility, women-artists

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