MARGARET BOURKE WHITE Tweed Fashion Models 1950
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MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE, Models clad in tweed suits, 1938, 13.125x10.25" Gelatin silver print, Printed c. 1938, Photographer's credit stamp on print verso; Used in LIFE Oct 17 1938 stamp; Time Inc. copyright stamp; miscellaneous annotations in pencil.
In the October 17, 1938 LIFE magazine article "Tweed Rustic Cloth Goes to Night Clubs," this image is captioned: "Suits of tweed are perennial favorites. Herald of Fashion suit (left) $29.95"
Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) was a pioneering figure in 20th century documentary photography and is famous for her scenes of modern industry, the Great Depression, and political and social movements in the 1920s through 1950s. Born in New York in 1904, Bourke-White attended Columbia University to study under renowned photographer Clarence White. In 1927 she moved to Cleveland, the heartland of American industry, and opened her own studio. There she documented the effects of modern industry on the land and people. In 1929 Bourke-White became the first staff photographer employed by Fortune magazine. In keeping with her groundbreaking work in the United States, Bourke-White obtained permission in 1930 to enter the Soviet Union to document industrialization under the Communist regime...When Bourke-White returned home to the United States she developed a greater sympathy for the suffering of the American worker. In 1934, on assignment for Fortune Magazine, she set off to document the effects of the Dust Bowl in Oklahoma and other Great Plains states. She created a photographic essay of the migration from this region at the height of the Great Depression and in 1936 published these images in a volume entitled, You Have Seen Their Faces.
In the October 17, 1938 LIFE magazine article "Tweed Rustic Cloth Goes to Night Clubs," this image is captioned: "Suits of tweed are perennial favorites. Herald of Fashion suit (left) $29.95"
Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) was a pioneering figure in 20th century documentary photography and is famous for her scenes of modern industry, the Great Depression, and political and social movements in the 1920s through 1950s. Born in New York in 1904, Bourke-White attended Columbia University to study under renowned photographer Clarence White. In 1927 she moved to Cleveland, the heartland of American industry, and opened her own studio. There she documented the effects of modern industry on the land and people. In 1929 Bourke-White became the first staff photographer employed by Fortune magazine. In keeping with her groundbreaking work in the United States, Bourke-White obtained permission in 1930 to enter the Soviet Union to document industrialization under the Communist regime...When Bourke-White returned home to the United States she developed a greater sympathy for the suffering of the American worker. In 1934, on assignment for Fortune Magazine, she set off to document the effects of the Dust Bowl in Oklahoma and other Great Plains states. She created a photographic essay of the migration from this region at the height of the Great Depression and in 1936 published these images in a volume entitled, You Have Seen Their Faces.
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MARGARET BOURKE WHITE Tweed Fashion Models 1950
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