Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Great black and white photography part 2

Margaret Bourke-White was born in June 14,1904 she was born in bronx New York and was raised in Bound Brook New Jersey.She had started loving photography at a young age and wanted to peruse it, she graduated from Plainfield high school and she then started with her herpetology studies even tho she loved photography at colombia university.Her love for photography strengthened after her studies with clarence white. She took a brake for a semester that followed her fathers death. when she decided to continue her studies she transferred a lot of collages and she ended up graduating at cornell university. one year later she moved from her home to cleveland ohio and opened her own commercial studio. Her success was due to her skills with both people and her technique. She then accepted a job as an associate editor. in 1953 she developed parkisons desease she was forced to slow down on her work and get many treatment for her sickness . Bourke died in 1971 in Stamford hospital at age 67.

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