Margaret Bourke-White
Margaret Bourke was born on June 14, 1904 and died on August 27, 1971. Margaret Bourke was an American Photogropher and Documentary photographer.
She was born in Bronx, New York from her parents Joseph White and Minnie Bourke. The photography intrest began when she was a young girl because of her father's enthuism of photography and cameras. But once her father died she began to study herpetology at Colombia Michigan. After transferring universities and finally graduated from Cornell University, she moved to Cleveland Ohio and started a commerical photography studio and did architectural and industrial photography.
She earned her national attention when she took pictures at the Otis Steel Company. Problems first arose like the fact that the black and white film that era was sensitive to blue light, not the reds and oranges of hot steel—she could see the beauty, but the pictures were coming out all black. She solved this problem by bringing along a new style of magnesium flare.
She earned her national attention when she took pictures at the Otis Steel Company. Problems first arose like the fact that the black and white film that era was sensitive to blue light, not the reds and oranges of hot steel—she could see the beauty, but the pictures were coming out all black. She solved this problem by bringing along a new style of magnesium flare.
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