Margaret Bourke-White

American photographer (1904-1971)

Margaret Bourke-Whitewas an American photographer and documentary photographer. She was the first foreign photographer permitted to take pictures of Soviet industry under the Soviets’ first five-year plan, was the first American female war photojournalist, and took the photographthat became the cover of the first issue of Life magazine.

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Margaret Bourke-Whitewas an American photographer and documentary photographer. She was the first foreign photographer permitted to take pictures of Soviet industry under the Soviets’ first five-year plan, was the first American female war photojournalist, and took the photographthat became the cover of the first issue of Life magazine.