Portrait of Myself

By Margaret Bourke-White

Book Overview

THIS is the story of a gallant, beautiful and glamorous American woman.

For more than thirty years, Margaret Bourke-White had made photographic history as the first photographer to see the artistic and storytelling possibilities in American industry, as the first to write social criticism with a lens, and as the most distinguished and venturesome foreign correspondent-with-a camera to report wars, politics and social and political revolution on three continents. In the world of pictures, of magazines, of books, she won fame and fortune.

Here are the tales of her struggles to master her art and craft, of photographing Stalin, Gandhi and many other notables, of being torpedoed off North Africa while reporting World War II, of flying combat missions, of photographing the dread murder camps of Nazi Germany, of touring Tobacco Road to produce the book You Have Seen Their Faces with Erskine Caldwell (whom she later married), of adventures and wonderful picture-taking in the mines of South Africa, in the frozen North, in war-torn Korea.

And then, tragically, this beautiful and indomitably vigorous woman was stricken by Parkinson's disease. This story of Miss Bourke-White's winning battle with Parkinsons was the subject first of a long report in Life Magazine and then of a thrilling documentary television film which was seen throughout the nation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1958425389
• ISBN13: 9781958425381
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Chosho Publishing
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Book

I bought this book because I had to do a presentation about her..Mind u I hate reading, but this book was great. She was a remarkable woman!!!

Buy this book for your daughters, sisters and mothers

Margaret Bourke-White is a true American original. This book is well-written and inspiring. Not only did Bourke-White capture life through her photographs - she lived it to the fullest. This would be a great gift for any independent woman you know.