The exception goes to those photographers that had some historical importance in the photography World, those that influence(d) me, those that I believe can move others like they moved me, humanitarian photographers, and that normally live in the "shadow" of the same old Features and references.
Meet Margaret Bourke-White.
Margaret Bourke-White was born in the Bronx, New York, in June 1904.
She was an documentary photographer and a pioneer.
She is best known as the first Western photographer allowed into the Soviet Union (1930), the first female war correspondent, the first female permitted to work in combat zones, the first female photographer for Henry Luce's Life magazine, where her photograph appeared on the first cover, and the first female photographer of Fortune magazine.
In July 22, 1941, when the first bombs fell in Moscow, she was the only foreign photographer on site. It was the biggest scoop. For her and Life magazine.
After the Second World War, more specifically in 1946, Life magazine sent her to India and Pakistan. It was this mission that succeeded in photographing Mahatma Gandhi during an interview, just an hour before his assassination.
Browse her fantastic work, aware that some photos can be disturbing and most of them have the "Life" watermark.
Have a great Weekend.
