Through about 150 photos the exhibition recounts the work, the extraordinary life and the extremely high quality of the shots of Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971), capable of recounting the complex human experience on the pages of mass-circulation magazines, resolutely overcoming barriers and gender boundaries.
The transformations of the world, at the heart of Bourke-White's research, grace the cover of the first issue of the legendary Life magazine, and are evident in her iconic portraits of Stalin and Gandhi, her reportages on American industry, and her reporting during World War II in the Soviet Union, North Africa, Italy and Germany, where she documented the entry of US troops into Berlin and the horrors of the concentration camps.
