Object Details
Artist
Margaret Bourke-White
Date
1952 (negative), ca. 1965 (print)
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 19 1/4 × 15 1/2 inches (48.9 × 39.4 cm)
Mount (Matted): 27 15/16 × 22 1/16 inches (71 × 56 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the artist, Class of 1927, and LIFE Magazine
Object
Number
65.544
Aerial photography was exhilarating for Bourke-White, who captured spectacular pre- and postwar view(…)
Aerial photography was exhilarating for Bourke-White, who captured spectacular pre- and postwar views of New York City and its icons from the sky. The helicopter provided a closer viewpoint for her lens with almost eye-to-eye contact achieved here with a group of tourists sticking their heads out of Liberty’s crown. (“Margaret Bourke-White: From Cornell Student to Visionary Photojournalist,” curated by Stephanie Wiles and presented at the Johnson Museum January 24 – June 7, 2015)
