Log Rafts, Canadian International Paper Company

Log Rafts, Canadian International Paper Company

Margaret Bourke-WhiteWW-1937-M040966
1937·Gelatin silver print·13 1/2 × 9 1/2" (34.3 × 24.2 cm)

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Year
1937
Dimensions
13 1/2 × 9 1/2" (34.3 × 24.2 cm)

Artist

Margaret Bourke-White
Margaret Bourke-White

Mixed Media

Margaret Bourke-White was an American photographer and photojournalist whose large-format industrial and architectural photographs established the grammar of modern documentary practice. Working primarily in black and white, she developed a distinctive approach to industrial subjects, capturing steel mills, dams, and factories with formal precision and dramatic lighting that elevated utilitarian structures to monumental status. Her work appeared in Fortune and Life magazines, where she pioneered the photo essay as a narrative form. She also documented the human toll of war and social upheaval, including the partition of India and the liberation of concentration camps. Her technical mastery and editorial vision fundamentally shaped twentieth-century photojournalism.

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Year
1937
Dimensions
13 1/2 × 9 1/2" (34.3 × 24.2 cm)
Watts ID
WW-1937-M040966

Source

Source
moma
Status
verified

Artist

Margaret Bourke-White

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Mixed Media

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