Margaret Bourke-White
Margaret Bourke-White was born in New York CIty in 1904 and attended the Clarence H. White School of Photography in 1921 to 1922. She start started as an industrial photographer from 1921 to 1927 and later went on to photographer for well known magazine publishers such as Life and Fortune. White spent a majority of her life traveling around the word to photograph World War II, partition of India and Pakistan, Soviet industry, and more. She was the first female to work in combat zones during World War II, to take a picture of the Soviet industry, and to work for Life magazine and make the cover photo. While living in an era where brutal major events were taking place, White was able to combine both photography and journalism through her camera lens. She humanized it through photographing the victims, showcasing stories of tragedies and injustices that never get told.
Sources:
- https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/margaret-bourke-white?all/all/all/Nature/1
- https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/there-no-way-like-american-way-1937/
- https://www.life.com/people/gandhi-and-his-spinning-wheel-the-story-behind-an-iconic-photo/