- Born
- 1904, New York City, New York, United States
- First work
- 1927: Otis Steel Mill Series
- Peak
- 1936 to 1947 (estimated)
- Last work
- 1963: Portrait of Myself
- Died
- 1971, Stamford, United States; aged 67; illness
Margaret Bourke-White
Photographer: photographer, United States
Margaret Bourke-White was a trailblazing American photojournalist known for her daring industrial imagery and frontline war reportage. She first gained national acclaim in the late 1920s shooting architectural and factory subjects for Fortune magazine. In 1936, her dramatic shot of Montana's Fort Peck Dam graced the debut cover of Life magazine, cementing her role as a primary contributor. She went on to become the first female war correspondent permitted in combat zones, recording the liberation of Buchenwald and the violence surrounding the Partition of India. Her intimate portrait of Mahatma Gandhi remains legendary. Parkinson's disease curtailed her active career in the late 1950s, leading to her death in Connecticut in 1971.
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Signature works
- Fort Peck Dam (Life First Issue Cover) photograph1936
- You Have Seen Their Faces other1937
- Gandhi at His Spinning Wheel photograph1946
- The Living Dead of Buchenwald photograph1945
- At the Time of the Louisville Flood photograph1937
Groups: Fortune, Life.