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Full Name | Margaret Bourke-White |
Occupation | Photographer |
Date Of Birth | Jun 14, 1904(1904-06-14) |
Age | 121 |
Date Of Death | 1971-08-27 |
Birthplace | Bronx |
Country | United States |
Birth City | New York |
Horoscope | Gemini |
Margaret Bourke-White Biography
Name | Margaret Bourke-White |
Birthday | Jun 14 |
Birth Year | 1904 |
Place Of Birth | Bronx |
Home Town | New York |
Birth Country | United States |
Birth Sign | Gemini |
Margaret Bourke-White is one of the most popular and richest Photographer who was born on June 14, 1904 in Bronx, New York, United States. Breaking down the glass ceiling for female photographers, and ushering in a new era of photographic career expansion.
Farrah Farrah Fawcet portrayed her in a movie about her life called Double Exposure: The Story of Margaret Bourke-White. portrays her in a film about her life, Double Exposure: The Story Of Margaret Bourke White.
Everett Chapman was her husband for two years.
Margaret Bourke-White Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Photographer |
House | Living in own house. |
Margaret Bourke-White is one of the richest Photographer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Margaret Bourke-White 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
She learned perfectionionism from her father and the constant desire for improvement from her mother.
She was also the first foreigner to be allowed to photograph Soviet industry and the first female war photographer.
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Who is Margaret Bourke-White Dating?
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Margaret Ranked on the list of most popular Photographer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Margaret Bourke- White celebrates birthday on June 14 of every year.
What is Margaret Bourke-White known for?
Margaret Bourke-White was a woman of firsts: the first photographer for Fortune, the first Western professional photographer permitted into the Soviet Union, Life magazine’s first female photographer, and the first female war correspondent credentialed to work in combat zones during World War II.
What was Margaret Bourke-White most famous photo?
One of Margaret Bourke-White’s most famous images was taken of Gandhi with his spinning wheel in 1946. There were two conditions: do not speak to him (it was his day of silence) and do not use artificial light.
Was Margaret Bourke-White in the military?
Bourke-White was the first female war correspondent and the first woman to be allowed to work in combat zones during World War II.
How did Margaret Bourke-White contribute to photography?
Her photographs of the emaciated inmates of concentration camps and of the corpses in gas chambers stunned the world. After World War II Bourke-White traveled to India to photograph Mohandas Gandhi and record the mass migration caused by the division of the Indian subcontinent into Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan.
What was unusual about Bourke-White Industrial pictures?
Bourke-White held numerous “firsts” in her professional life— she was the first foreign photographer allowed to take pictures of Soviet industry , she was the first female staff photographer for LIFE magazine and made its first cover photo, and she was the first woman allowed to work in combat zones in World War II.