Margaret Bourke-White. The work 1930-1960
Through about 150 photos the exhibition recounts the work, the extraordinary life and the extremely high quality of the shots of Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971), capable of recounting the complex human experience on the pages of mass-circulation magazines, resolutely overcoming barriers and gender boundaries. In the San Pietro Cloisters, Via Emilia San Pietro 44/c.
October 25, 2025 - February 8, 2026
The transformations of the world, at the heart of Bourke-White's research, grace the cover of the first issue of the legendary LIFE magazine, and are evident in her iconic portraits of Stalin and Gandhi, her reportages on American industry, and her reporting during World War II in the Soviet Union, North Africa, Italy and Germany, where she documented the entry of US troops into Berlin and the horrors of the concentration camps.
Forced to abandon photography by Parkinson's disease, Bourke-White devoted herself to her autobiography, Portrait of Myself, published in 1963. She died in 1971 from complications from the disease.
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