The first thought that comes to my mind when I see this picture is how the heck did she get that angle on that building?? It's of the Chrysler Building, of course, and I think that that composition is breathtaking and the contrast is great too.
This one is in Moscow, and I think it shows such devastation and creepiness in a really cool way. I'm not sure of the story behind what this place is, but to me it just looks so lonely, like everyones trying to run away from it.
This picture is pretty sweet too. It's in Germany, and when I first looked at it I didn't realize that it was people walking on the street. It looks to me as if there's some kind of event going on, but what ever it is, this is a really cool way to show a crowd.
This is in a steel factory from the 1930's and although the picture of the giant gears might seem a little cliche now, im pretty sure that it wasn't so back then. I love the warm tone of the whole picture.
This picture is pretty freaking cool too. It might even be my favorite. Again, how the heck did she take this? anyway it looks like the plane is just barely skimming the tops of the tall buildings, and the optical illusion is pretty sweet.
Margaret Bourke-Whtie was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1904. She grew up in New Jersey and loved to learn. Her father was from an Orthodox Jewish family, her mother was a protestant. In 1922 she began studying herpetology (the study of reptiles) at Columbia, and while doing this she developed an interest in photography. In 1928, after graduating college she moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where she started a commercial photography studio and did architectural and industrial photography. She was determined to always get the shot that she wanted, and rarely backed down from a challenge.
Margaret was very good at getting in and taking pictures of things that very few people were allowed to see. She exposed many different sides of life that were otherwise unknown to most people. In 1930 she became the first Western photographer allowed into the Soviet union, and she also became the first femal photojournalist for the Life magazine. She photographed drought victims of the Dust Bowl during the 1930s and was the first woman to be allowed to work in combat zones during World war II. Due to the intense nature of her photographing style, many of her pictures are of significant things during the early to mid 19th century. She also, however manages to make these images beautiful and intriguing, changing something ordinary into somethign interesting. She uses beautiful contrast and composition to make this happen.
