Bourke-White

American  

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

noun

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

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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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Example Sentences

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 exhibit features the works of Bronx-born photographer Margaret Bourke-White, one of the founding photojournalists at Life, whose photo of the Fort Peck Dam in Montana graced the cover of the magazine’s first issue.

From The Guardian • Jun. 26, 2019

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

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

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2016