Margaret Bourke-White
Margaret was an American photographer. She was the first foreign photographer that was granted permission to take pictures of Soviet industry, the first female war correspondent and the first female to be permitted to work in combat zones. She even was the first female photographer to appear in Life magazine having a photo on the front cover. I find it amazing and intriguing to read that she was the first women for so many things.
She was born in Bronx, New York and after attending school she began studying herpetology at Columbia University. She left after one semester following the death of her father. She attended many different colleges ultimately graduating from Cornell University. After words she move to Ohio and started a commercial photography studio where she did architectural and industrial photography.
Many years later she accepted a job as an editor and staff photographer for Fortune magazine. In 1953 she developed symptoms for Parkinson's disease. Her career slowed down to to en roaching paralysis. She did have operations to treat her condition which ended her tremors but left her speechless. She died 18 years after being diagnosed.
Her photographs are in the Brooklyn Museum, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art as well as the Library of Congress.
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