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[Margaret Bourke-White in high-altitude flying suit]
[Margaret Bourke-White in high-altitude flying suit]

[Margaret Bourke-White in high-altitude flying suit]

Artist (American, 1904–1971)
Date1943 (negative), ca. 1965 (print)
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 7/8 × 10 1/2 inches (35.2 × 26.7 cm);
Mat: 18 × 14 inches (45.7 × 35.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of the artist, Class of 1927, and LIFE Magazine
Terms
  • Photographs
  • Gelatin silver prints
  • Female portraits
  • Self portraits
  • Airplanes
  • Artists
  • Cameras
  • Headgear
Object number65.603
Label CopyThis self-portrait in a leather flying suit was made in February 1943; it appeared on the first page of the March 1, 1943, article “LIFE’s Bourke-White Goes Bombing.” Bourke-White later commented, perhaps just a little self-servingly, that she was flattered that her picture became as popular as a pin-up. ("Margaret Bourke-White: From Cornell Student to Visionary Photojournalist," curated by Stephanie Wiles and presented at the Johnson Museum January 24 - June 7, 2015)
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[Margaret Bourke-White in high-altitude flying suit]
[Margaret Bourke-White in high-altitude flying suit]
Margaret Bourke-White
1943 (negative), ca. 1965 (print)
[Margaret Bourke-White in high-altitude flying suit]
[Margaret Bourke-White in high-altitude flying suit]
Margaret Bourke-White
1943 (negative), ca. 1965 (print)
[Margaret Bourke-White in high-altitude flying suit]
[Margaret Bourke-White in high-altitude flying suit]
Margaret Bourke-White
1943 (negative), ca. 1965 (print)
[Margaret Bourke-White in plane with pilot]
[Margaret Bourke-White in plane with pilot]
Margaret Bourke-White
ca. 1944 (negative); ca. 1965 (print)
[Margaret Bourke-White practices spinning with Sita, Gandhi's granddaughter]
[Margaret Bourke-White practices spinning with Sita, Gandhi's granddaughter]
Margaret Bourke-White
1946-48 (negative); ca. 1965 (print)
[Margaret Bourke-White during World War II]
[Margaret Bourke-White during World War II]
Margaret Bourke-White
ca. 1944 (negative); ca. 1965 (print)
[Models wearing paper bathing suits at the Paper Festival, Savannah GA]
[Models wearing paper bathing suits at the Paper Festival, Savannah GA]
Margaret Bourke-White
1959
[Birds flying over surf]
[Birds flying over surf]
Margaret Bourke-White
ca. 1952 (negative), ca. 1965 (print)
[Birds Flying over Surf]
[Birds Flying over Surf]
Margaret Bourke-White
1952 (negative), ca. 1965 (print)
[Helicopter flying above power lines]
[Helicopter flying above power lines]
Margaret Bourke-White
ca. 1951
[Aerial view of clean air over high-rise apartment buildings and parking lots in the Pittsburgh Point Redevelopment section, Pittsburgh, PA]
[Aerial view of clean air over high-rise apartment buildings and parking lots in the Pittsburgh Point Redevelopment section, Pittsburgh, PA]
Margaret Bourke-White
1955
Margaret Bourke-White
Margaret Bourke-White
Alfred Eisenstaedt
1956 (negative); ca. 1965 (print)