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Margaret Bourke-White

(1904–1971) Photographer

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Margaret Bourke-White was a photographer, best known for The photographs of Margaret Bourke-White.

Quick Facts About Margaret Bourke-White

Born
January 1, 1904
Died
August 27, 1971
Profession
Photographer
Notable works
The photographs of Margaret Bourke-White

About Margaret Bourke-White

Margaret Bourke-White was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist. She was known as an architectural and commercial photographer for the first half of her career, representing corporate clients and highlighting the success of industrial capitalism with black and white images of steel factories and skyscrapers. In 1930, she became the first foreign photographer granted official access to document industrial sites in the Soviet Union during the first five-year plan. In 1933, she was commissioned to create the NBC photomural, a monumental photomural about radio for its rotunda at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, then considered the largest photomural in the world. The success of her corporate commissions led her to work at Fortune magazine in the 1930s. She took the photograph of the construction of Fort Peck Dam that became the cover of the first issue of Life magazine.

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