Talk:Margaret Bourke-White
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[edit] Changes
I've added a bit more information, particularly in Margaret Bourke-White's war experience. Just wondering whether anyone wanted to have a quick look over it as it is my first Wikipedia contribution.
[edit] Gandhi
I don't think it's true that Gandhi was assassinated for his anti-British actions; most theories say he was assassinated because Hindu hardliners felt he was giving up too much to the Muslim separatists (first) and Pakistan (later). Could somebody check that?
- It's not necessary to have that information about Gandhi in this article about Margaret Bourke-White anyway, so I am taking it out. CDA 03:24, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Last picture of Gandhi
Do we have a reliable source which says that Bourke-White was the last person to photograph Gandhi alive ? A New York Times article on Henri Cartier-Bresson says that he photographed Gandhi some minutes before he was assassinated.
Shortly after that, in 1948, Mr. Cartier-Bresson was in Delhi, India, to see Mahatma Gandhi. He photographed Gandhi and showed him the catalog of the Museum of Modern Art exhibition. Fifteen minutes after they had parted, Mr. Cartier-Bresson heard shouts that Gandhi had been killed. He sped back. The first frame of the relevant contact sheet is captioned "place where Gandhi fell half an hour before." Tintin Talk 22:02, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
- We need a really authoritative source to settle this. There is nothing definite available on the net. While one un-named source mentions that Gandhi was assassinated just after she took his pic, more than one source says she was the last person to interview Gandhi, *six hours* before he died. Tintin Talk 22:14, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
- I removed the comment that Bourke-White was the last person to photograph Gandhi. It was added by an IP editor without giving any references. Please provide a reliable source if you add it back. Tintin Talk 12:52, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Bourke-White's architectural photography
Architectural photography is missing from wiki, but Bourke-White remains one of the most highly regarded architectural photographers, and there's nothing here to demonstrate that. I'm going to write an architectural photography page and when that's done I'll add some stuff here about her arch-photo work.
White hotel 10:05, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Photograph
Isn't the Migrant Mother photo actually by Dorthea Lange? I see Lange's name in the adjacent paragraph, but surely we shouldn't have her photo here. --Rmlucas 03:28, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, yes, yes -- I've removed it. TheMindsEye 03:42, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
