Bourke-White

American

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

noun

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

Bourke-White British

/ ˌbɜːkˈwaɪt /

noun

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

In 1937, Margaret Bourke-White photographed an advertisement that read: “World’s highest standard of living: There’s no way like the American way.”

From The Guardian • Sep. 18, 2019

I know you were working on a film about Catherine the Great, and another about the photographer Margaret Bourke-White.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 4, 2018

“The Russians have no more idea how to use the conveyor than a group of schoolchildren,” Freeman quotes Bourke-White saying.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2018

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