Top
W E S T O N | G A L L E R Y
Cart 0
HOME Artists Exhibitions History Press Accessibility Contact
Cart 0
HOMEArtistsExhibitionsHistoryPressAccessibilityContact
W E S T O N | G A L L E R Y
Curating fine art collections since 1975!

(AMERICAN, 1904 - 1971)

Margaret Bourke-White

Margaret Bourke-White was born in New York City and attended the Clarence H. White School of Photography in 1921-22. After graduating from college in 1927, she pursued a career in photography and opened a photography studio in Cleveland. The industrial photography she did there brought her work to the attention of Henry Luce, the publisher of Fortune, who hired her in 1929, and the next year sent her to the Soviet Union, where she was the first foreign photographer to make pictures of Soviet industry. She photographed the Dust Bowl for Fortune in 1934; this project led to the publication of You Have Seen Their Faces (1937), which documented the human aspects of the Depression and featured text by Erskine Caldwell. In the fall of 1936, Henry Luce again offered Bourke-White a job, this time as a staff photographer for his newly conceived Life magazine. Bourke-White was one of the first four photographers hired, and her photograph Fort Peck Dam was reproduced on the first cover. Over the next several years and throughout World War II, Bourke-White produced a number of photo essays on the turmoil in Europe. She was the only Western photographer to witness the German invasion of Moscow in 1941, she was the first woman to accompany Air Corps crews on bombing missions in 1942, and she traveled with Patton's army through Germany in 1945 as it liberated several concentration camps. During the next twelve years, she photographed major international events and stories, including Gandhi's fight for Indian independence, the unrest in South Africa, and the Korean War. Bourke-White contracted Parkinson's disease in 1953 and made her last photo essay for Life, "Megalopolis," in 1957.

Margaret Bourke-White's photojournalism demonstrated her singular ability to communicate the intensity of major world events while respecting formal relationships and aesthetic considerations. She was one of the most respected photojournalists in the country during the 1930s and 40s, and her documentary work was among the most popular of its day.

~ Lisa Hostetler Handy et al. Reflections in a Glass Eye: Works from the International Center of Photography Collection, New York: Bulfinch Press in association with the International Center of Photography, 1999, p. 209.

Washington Monument underconstruction surrounded by scaffolding

Washington Monument underconstruction surrounded by scaffolding

Washington Monument ~ SOLD

trumpet bells up close

trumpet bells up close

The Trumpets

1 2
Previous Next
Washington Monument underconstruction surrounded by scaffolding
trumpet bells up close
 
 
 

FOLLOW

INSTAGRAM

FACEBOOK

PINTEREST

THREADS

WESTON GALLERY
6th Avenue at Dolores & Lincoln
P.O. BOX 655
CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, CALIFORNIA 93921
831.624.4453

HOURS

OPEN BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
CONTACT US

Subscribe

Sign up with your email address to receive news and updates.

We respect your privacy.

Thank you!
Weston Gallery Inc.
6th Avenue at Dolores & Lincoln,
Carmel, CA,
USA
831.624.4453 davi@westongallery.com
Hours
Tue 11am - 5pm
Wed 11am - 5pm
Thu 11am - 5pm
Fri 11am - 5pm
Sat 11am - 5pm
Sun 11am - 5pm
 
1stdibs Logo
Association of International Photography Art Dealers
 

FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM @westongalleryofficial

Edward Weston’s iconic Nude 227N has found a beautiful forever home. Thank you @kelleyestes for sharing your amazing vision with us! #collectphotography #edwardweston #master #photographer #carmel #carmelhighlands #carmelbythesea #nashville #in
Throwback Thursday…we miss you Miami! #winterblues #beachday #willtravelforart #miami #artbasel #throwbackthursday @artbasel @artmiamifairs @artmiami_ @untitledartfairs @scope @wynwoodmiami @faenamiamibeach @miamidesigndistrict
Swoon…new dune studies by Cara Weston! #happysummer #dune #dunes #abstraction #womenphotographers #westonartists #blackandwhite #eureka #fineartphotography #gallerylife #carmelbythesea #lifebythesea #gallerylife We may not be new…but apparently still cool! Thank you @gwynethpaltrow @goop @_kjmartin for the shout out. And if you’ve never been to Carmel-by-the-Sea, please come visit us!


WESTON GALLERY PROUDLY EXHIBITS ORIGINAL WORKS BY

Featured
Berenice Abbott
Ansel Adams
Mina Afshari
Anonymous
Eugène Atget
Richard Avedon
Morley Baer
John Baldessari
Édouard Baldus
Jeffrey Becom
Ruth Bernhard
Édouard Boubat
Bill Brandt
Nick Brandt
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Wynn Bullock
Linda Butler
Harry Callahan
Sparky Campanella
Paul Caponigro
Patty Carroll
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Mark Citret
Paul Coghlin
Mariana Cook
Imogen Cunningham
Edward S. Curtis
Eugène Cuvelier
William Dassonville
Harold Davis
COLLECTING 101

Copyright © All Images Weston Gallery, Inc. and their respective owners. All Rights Reserved. Pricing subject to change without notice. All Sales Final.