What is Margaret Burke-White's most famous work?

Margaret Burke-White (1904 ~1971)1929 ~1935 was the editor and reporter of Happiness magazine. 1936 When Life magazine was founded, he became a full-time photojournalist of the magazine and worked for Life for a long time.

Burke-White's most famous work is The Kremlin in War. 1941On the night of July 23rd, the Germans bombed Moscow for the first time. As the only western photographer on the scene, she took this historic photo. At that time, people were hiding in the subway tunnel for safety, but she risked being bombed and took this photo on the balcony of the hotel where the T-Gate was exposed for a long time. From the dazzling fire of anti-aircraft guns on the screen, you can clearly see the figure of the Kremlin steeple.

In order to shoot wonderful shots, Burke-White often pays the price of his life. During her stay in Moscow, the Germans bombed planes almost every day, but she still insisted on the interview. At that time, the American ambassador to the Soviet Union advised her to stop the interview, and she replied rudely:

I think everyone will understand that I will throw the camera at those who want to pull me away from the exclusive news scene like a Grenade!

As a photojournalist for Life magazine, Burke-White took many shocking photos:

1943, as the first female reporter to interview at random, Burke-White took the US Air Force to bomb German fighter planes and reported the battle of Tunisia.

1945, Burke Hunt accompanied the American Third Army led by General Patton to the newly liberated Busenwald concentration camp. With piles of bones as the foreground, she took an extremely horrible scene;

1946, Burke interviewed India and recorded the riots during India's independence and Pakistan's separation from India.

1950, Burke-White interviewed the racial riots and labor riots in South Africa. In order to film black miners in South Africa working under extremely difficult conditions, she went deep into a tunnel 2 miles above the ground and worked continuously for 4 hours.

From 65438 to 0952, Burke-White began to shoot the special topic "Looking at America from a Helicopter". In order to be more free when shooting, Burke Huente, who is nearly half a century old, actually hangs himself under a helicopter;

Also in this year, Burkhout went to Korea for an interview. At that time, her limbs and fingers had begun to feel numb, showing the first signs of Parkinson's disease, but she still insisted on finishing the filming. A few years later, she mentioned this experience in her memoirs and said:

If I had to decide for myself whether to take photos in the rain and the fog on the Korean peninsula, I would definitely choose this road-whether I would get Parkinson's disease or not.

1957, sick Burke-White filmed the last photo project "Mega City" for Life magazine.

From 65438 to 0958, Parkinson's disease paralyzed Burke's first ring. Five years later, she published her last book, My Self-portrait, which was written by oral recording.