The Life of Margaret Bourke-White: For the World to See Book

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Here's a wonderful book of vintage documentary photographs -. 'For The World To See: The Life of Margaret Bourke White'. … more Here's a wonderful book of vintage documentary photographs -. 'For The World To See: The Life of Margaret Bourke White'. This is a coffee-table book, published in 1983 by The Viking Press.It is a First Edition thus by Jonathan Silverman. The 224-page. hardcover/jacket. includes some of Bourke-White's famed photos of WWII, and the construction of skyscrapers in New York City in the 1930s (Chrysler Building). Also, portraits and scenes of life during The Great Depression of the 1930s. .Bourke-White was fearless when it came to documenting high-rise construction (she stood on scaffolds to photograph). She showed the same bravado when she became the first woman WWII combat photographer.. She also photographed for Fortune and Life Magazines. She became a pioneer for women when she broke the negative ceiling in the field of documentary photography.. Her photos, in this book, are as riveting today as in the 1930s. This book is in very good condition, clean, bright and unmarked. - The only note is the wrinkled top of the intact, clipped dust-jacket. (The book is also quite handsome without its jacket).This is an inspiring book for photographers and creatives, alike. It will be sent, carefully packed, with tracking. less