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Bourke-White

American  
[burk-hwahyt, -wahyt] / ˈbɜrkˈʰwaɪt, -ˈwaɪt /

noun

  1. Margaret, 1906–71, U.S. photographer and author.


Bourke-White British  
/ ˌbɜːkˈwaɪt /

noun

  1. Margaret . 1906–71, US photographer, a pioneer of modern photojournalism: noted esp for her coverage of World War II

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The film projects she pursued for the last decade - a biopic of photographer Margaret Bourke-White, and a movie of the musical Gypsy - have both fallen through.

From BBC Nov. 5, 2023

Lee Miller and Margaret Bourke-White were among a number of female photographers who were also war correspondents.

From Washington Post Aug. 3, 2021

The most famous Western photographers to have visited India before Gedney were Henri Cartier-Bresson and Margaret Bourke-White, who witnessed the tumult of independence in 1947.

From The New Yorker Mar. 28, 2017

When the acclaimed photographer Margaret Bourke-White took a series of photographs for Life magazine that showed the deep economic inequalities following the Depression, the town was in uproar.

From The Guardian Oct. 18, 2016

Theater chains, RCA, Nedick’s fast food and the photographer Margaret Bourke-White were among his clients.

From New York Times Jun. 2, 2016

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