June 14, 1904 - August 27, 1971
Noted for being the first foreigner to be allowed to take photos of the Soviet Industry, the first female war photographer, and the first female photographer for Life magazine
Life magazine cover
Gandhi
Famous image of the Depression
Traveled to Europe to photograph Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia under Nazism and Russia under Communism
In 1953 she developed Parkinson's disease which slowed her career due to paralysis
Rating: *****
Her photographs truly record history in a beautiful and thought-provoking way
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