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    You Have Seen Their Faces by Margaret Bourke-White and Erskine Caldwell is a photo documentary of life in the South during the Great Depression. After reading You Have Seen Their Faces along with critiques of it by Rabinowitz and Snyder, I found myself more interested in the topic of how motherhood was depicted in the book. Rabinowitz brought up that middle class women felt the need to regulate the poor women because they weren 't feminine enough or motherly enough which is the main attitude involved

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    In this video, Wise talks about how white privilege works in the modern society of the United States. That is the privilege which turns other people’s lives invisible. No media investigates on the victims of discrimination at an institutional level, hence their voices can never be heard. Moreover, white people do not have an opportunity (and necessity) to know about the reality of the people of color, thus the existence of racism has been denied by the white in every generation. Meanwhile, those

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    Through her trailblazing personality and a camera, Margaret Bourke White was able to forge her own path to go and encapsulate the tragic state of affairs that was consuming America. Margaret Bourke-White was born on June 14, 1904 to Joseph White, an engineer, and Minnie White, a stenographer. With two other siblings, she was brought up in a strict household,that favored determination and perseverance (Margaret Bourke-White). These core values instilled in her the courage that was required to break

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    Margaret Bourke-White, world-renowned photographer, was a true icon to the world because of her unusual early life and education, her striking industrial photography career, powerful human-interest photography, and her heroic battle with a crippling disease in her final years. Margaret Bourke-White’s younger years took a unique and interesting route. On June 14, 1904 (Browne 38), Joseph and Minnie White (Goldberg 9) brought Margaret Bourke White (Welch 27) into the world in the Bronx, New York (Oden

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    Margaret White, also known as Margaret Bourke-White, born June 12, 1997 in New York, New York U.S., and died August 27, 1971, in Stamford, Connecticut. She was known for being the first female war photographer to accompany a combat mission. She was also known for her pictures of the Depression and World War 2. Margaret was married twice but didn’t have any children. In 1921, she started Columbia University to get her biology major, but became amused with photography. After her father passed away

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    Description: Margaret Bourke-White. Louisville Flood Victims. 1937. Photograph. Analysis: Margaret Bourke-White utilizes the actual horizontal lines of the billboard, as well as the implied lines of the people’s heads. The repetition of the people along with the faces on the billboard, forcefully move the attention horizontally to the right of the photograph. This, in turn, makes the viewer anticipate what is coming next. Although we know that the people are in a state of motion, there is a sense

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    Margaret Walker’s portrayal of the white characters in her critically acclaimed bestseller Jubilee has granted her criticisms from many readers. She gives the main white characters like Marster John, Big Missy, and their two children a lot of background that describes their motivations, aspirations, and downfalls. Walker balances the negative aspects of these white characters with humanizing factors and characteristics in order to represent them as something more than evil white slave owners. This

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    Throughout his later life, Gandhi promoted his ideas peacefully. This then translated into his clothing as well. In Gandhi , Gandhi wore loosely draped fabric in off-white. In doing so, he is portrayed as an angelic, saint like person; indicative of his gentile disposition. In 1946, LIFE photographer Margaret Bourke-White photographed Gandhi sitting on the floor at his wheel “the now-famous image came to symbolize the notion of Indian self-sufficiency — and thus independence from British rule

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    juxtaposition of an idealized America alongside the grimmer aspects of everyday reality. By looking at Figure 1. “The American Way” by Margaret Bourke White, we can see the contrast between the advertisement and the people in line, which most people do not see. This is important because it emphasizes the crisis following the Great Ohio River flood of 1937. Margaret Bourke White was a photographer based in Cleveland, Ohio that can be primarily described as an industrial photographer. Her photographs focused

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    Being derived from the more traditional Margaret, a Welsh name, Megan is a modern twist on a classic. When people think of the name Margaret, they tend to think of a very sophisticated, classic old lady. Megan seems a bit less stuffy, yet it retains the element of class and grace that Margaret reflects. This mirrors my personality because in some ways, I am very much like a traditional old lady, but in other ways,

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