PHOTOJOURNALIST

War Journalist.

In an era which acclaimed the war journalist, none was more renowned than Margaret Bourke-White. Her photographs for Life magazine brought World War II home with clarity and sensitivity for millions of Americans; her courage on the battlefront became legendary. Bourke-White set many firsts for women during the war—the first woman to fly on bombing missions, for instance—and her work was superior to that of most U.S. photographers, male or female. When U.S. troops liberated the Nazi death camps, Bourke-White was there, documenting the tragedy of the camps and relaying unforgettable images of the atrocities to the public.

Background.

Daughter of an engineer-inventor and a strong-willed, independent housewife, Bourke-White was raised in a household that embraced female equality and ambition. Her father, holding several machine patents, instilled in Bourke-White a...