Portrait of Myself by Margaret Bourke-White
$12.99
Secondhand hardcover good condition. Published by Collins, 1963. Margaret Bourke-White's autobiography recounts her pioneering career as a photojournalist, from being the first foreign photographer to document Soviet industry and the first woman war correspondent in combat zones, to her iconic work for Life magazine. She shares gripping stories of photographing world leaders like Stalin and Gandhi, capturing the horrors of WWII, and exposing social injustices such as apartheid conditions. The memoir also details her personal triumphs, including her battle against Parkinson's disease in her later years.
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