Margaret Bourke-White

Jun 14, 1904 - Aug 27, 1971

Margaret Bourke-White, an American photographer and documentary photographer, became arguably best known as the first foreign photographer permitted to take pictures of Soviet industry under the Soviets' five-year plan, as the first American female war photojournalist, and for having one of her photographs on the cover of the first issue of Life magazine. She died of Parkinson's disease about eighteen years after developing symptoms.
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Margaret Bourke-White
Jun 14, 1904 - Aug 27, 1971

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