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Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971)
Introduction & Biographical Essay | Resources
Introduction & Biographical Essay
Introduction
Margaret Bourke-White, half-length portrait, facing left, holding camera.
Margaret Bourke-White,
holding camera (detail), 1940.
Photo by Acme Newspictures, Inc.
LC-USZ62-109633
Margaret Bourke-White was a woman of firsts: the first photographer for Fortune, the first Western professional photographer permitted into the Soviet Union, Life magazine's first female photographer, and the first female war correspondent credentialed to work in combat zones during World War II.
