Gender and art

Margaret Bourke-White. Boy with a hammer, Magnitogorsk, Soviet Union 1931.

In the male-dominated world of early twentieth-century photojournalism, Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) was a striking exception to the rule. She was the first woman to work for Fortune and Life magazine. In Russia, she photographed a smiling Stalin and in Georgia the aged mother of the dictator. In 1941, when the first German bombs fell on Moscow, Bourke-White was the only foreign photojournalist in the city. Fearlessly, she covered the work of medical teams behind the front line. Many of her images are unforgettable, like the ones she took following the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp by American troops. This exhibition comprises over 180 original vintage photographs taken in the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Germany, England and Italy in the 1930s and 40s.

Margaret Bourke-White - Moments in History

August 19 - October 19, 2014

Syracuse University Art Galleries

"In the male-dominated world of American photography Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) was a media star. Her portrait in flying gear setting off on a bombing raid, smiling and holding a camera in her left hand, was a favourite pin-up of the forces. [...] The exhibition presenting the work of the photographer consists of 154 photographs, letters and periodicals. The focus is on the pictures she took in the 1930s and 40s in the former Soviet Union, former Czechoslovakia, Germany, the UK and Italy."

Margaret Bourke-White, Photographs 1930-1945

Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, 18 January-14 April 2013

In the male-dominated world of early twentieth-century photojournalism, Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) was a striking exception to the rule. She was the first woman to work for Fortune and Life Magazine. In Russia, she photographed a smiling Stalin and in Georgia the aged mother of the dictator. In 1941, when the first German bombs fell on Moscow, Bourke-White was the only foreign photojournalist in the city. Fearlessly, she covered the work of medical teams behind the front line.

Margaret Bourke-White

Moments in History 1930-1945

Fotomuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands

April 12 - June 29, 2014