Illustrations from Above All Else, a children's book about the courageous life of World War II correspondent Margaret Bourke-White.
“Heights held no terror for me.”
(Bound Brook, New Jersey, 1914)
“I was surprised by the growing feeling of rightness I had with a camera in my hands.”
(New York, 1926)
Detail: Kodak Brownie, 1926
“In the morning, the ceiling was dripping with films that hung from cords stretched back and forth between the high water pipes and pinned to the edges of towels and window curtains.”
(Cleveland, 1928)
“There is something unearthly about being on an open roof or balcony during a raid.
The sky is so startlingly big, with its probing spears and lines of fire, that man seems too small to count at all.”
(Moscow, 1941)
Detail: Kodak Vigilant, 1941
“Nothing attracts me like a closed door. I cannot let my camera rest until I have pried it open.”
(London, 1942)
(London, 1942)
Each illustration is captioned with a quote from Margaret Bourke-White's memoirs.
For more information on the life and work of Margaret Bourke-White, or to read the full text of Above All Else, please contact Rebecca Thelen through the Behance Network.
For more information on the life and work of Margaret Bourke-White, or to read the full text of Above All Else, please contact Rebecca Thelen through the Behance Network.