Margaret Bourke-White (New York, USA: 1904-1971)
Margaret Bourke-White (New York, USA: 1904-1971)
Bourke-White is a renowned American photographer and documentary photographer, considered by many a trailblazer in twentieth century photojournalism. She is best known as the first foreign photographer permitted to take pictures of Soviet industry, the first female war correspondent (and the first woman permitted to work in combat zones) and the first female photographer for Life magazine, where her photograph appeared on the first cover.
Provenance: Acquired through Grazia Neri Gallery, Milan – an agency founded in 1966 which expanded to include a gallery in Milan as well as the organization of photography exhibitions across Italy.
Milano, Palazzo Reale, 1998
Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 7 x 9 inches, 1936
First Issue of Life Magazine, 1936.
Written on verso: “La diga di Fort Peck, Montana” 1936
Framed USD$2000 / Frame size 18.5 x 16.5 inches
Print Only $USD$1850
Provenance:
Grazia Neri agency was founded in 1966 and soon became an obligatory point of reference for all italian magazines and newspapers. Over the years it has widened its range of operations, developing its own photo and assignment production and producing books with the best italian publishing houses. A department devoted to commercial sales and advertising production in addition to annual reports was also set up recently. The opening of its own gallery in Milan and the organization of many photography exhibitions in Milan, Rome, Bologna and Verona have added a very important cultural component to the whole operation. Grazia Neri is president of the company that bears her name of which her son Michele Neri is the executive director.