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Margaret Bourke-White

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.


“The very secret of life for me, I believed, was to maintain in the midst of rushing events an inner tranquility.”
Margaret Bourke-White
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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
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