Margaret Bourke-White

White, Margaret

American, 1904 - 1971

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Margaret Bourke-White, Associated Press, Title from caption on object: “Gandhi as Pictured by Bourke-White”, April 1946, printed later, gelatin silver print, Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon, 2018.177.383

Title from caption on object: “Gandhi as Pictured by Bourke-White”

Margaret Bourke-White, Associated Press · April 1946, printed later · gelatin silver print ·  Accession ID  2018.177.383

Margaret Bourke-White, Survivors at Buchenwald, April 1945, gelatin silver print, Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon, 2018.177.352

Survivors at Buchenwald

Margaret Bourke-White · April 1945 · gelatin silver print ·  Accession ID  2018.177.352

Four monumental concrete structures nearly fill the space of this vertical black and white photograph. The fortress-like architectural forms are arranged in a line so they move away from us at a diagonal to our right to create an almost abstract composition. Each structure seems to be made up of two parts: a form that tapers from a wide base to a narrow top, like a fin. Each of those brace a taller vertical panel, each of which has a semi-circular, crown-like crenellation. The top of the leftmost structure is cropped by the edge of the photograph and its bracing foot reaches halfway across the composition. Two people stand at the base of that structure, barely coming a tenth of the way up the lower bracing structure. Deep shadows on our side of the structures contrast with the brighter areas highlighted by the sun. Two clouds float in the sky above. A tall pole supporting a wire nearly reaches the top edge of the photograph to our right.
Margaret Bourke-White, Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1936, gelatin silver print, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 2014.113.1

Fort Peck Dam, Montana

Margaret Bourke-White · 1936 · gelatin silver print ·  Accession ID  2014.113.1

Margaret Bourke-White, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, 1936, gelatin silver print, Gift of Robert B. Menschel, 2022.154.3

East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

Margaret Bourke-White · 1936 · gelatin silver print ·  Accession ID  2022.154.3

Margaret Bourke-White, Street Car Conductor: Moscow, 1934, photogravure, Gift of Funds from Linda Hackett and Russell Munson, and Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, 2023.36.1.3

Street Car Conductor: Moscow

Margaret Bourke-White · 1934 · photogravure ·  Accession ID  2023.36.1.3

Margaret Bourke-White, Photographs of USSR, 1934, portfolio of 24 photogravures, Gift of Funds from Linda Hackett and Russell Munson, and Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, 2023.36.1.1-24

Photographs of USSR

Margaret Bourke-White · 1934 · portfolio of 24 photogravures ·  Accession ID  2023.36.1.1-24

Margaret Bourke-White, Village School: Kolomna: Volga Region, 1932, photogravure, Gift of Funds from Linda Hackett and Russell Munson, and Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, 2023.36.1.9

Village School: Kolomna: Volga Region

Margaret Bourke-White · 1932 · photogravure ·  Accession ID  2023.36.1.9

Margaret Bourke-White, Stalin's Great Aunt, 1932, photogravure, Gift of Funds from Linda Hackett and Russell Munson, and Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, 2023.36.1.8

Stalin's Great Aunt

Margaret Bourke-White · 1932 · photogravure ·  Accession ID  2023.36.1.8

Margaret Bourke-White, Borscht, 1932, photogravure, Gift of Funds from Linda Hackett and Russell Munson, and Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, 2023.36.1.10

Borscht

Margaret Bourke-White · 1932 · photogravure ·  Accession ID  2023.36.1.10

Margaret Bourke-White, Ekaterina Dzhugashvili: Mother of Joseph Stalin, 1932, photogravure, Gift of Funds from Linda Hackett and Russell Munson, and Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, 2023.36.1.2

Ekaterina Dzhugashvili: Mother of Joseph Stalin

Margaret Bourke-White · 1932 · photogravure ·  Accession ID  2023.36.1.2