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Article: Developing man; Images of modern power and perils emerge in Margaret Bourke-White's photos; Photographer chronicles lives in 'Paper' chase.
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- The Boston Herald
- Article date:
- March 27, 1998
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Deep in the lumber camps of the Canadian North Woods, where snow covered the frozen ground and temperatures fell to 27 below zero, Margaret Bourke-White began photographing the many forms of power harnessed by the International Paper Co.
Propping open her camera's shutters with pencils so they could operate in the frigid climate, the artist recorded life and work in the lumberjacks' camps - from the towering evergreens to the weather-beaten faces of the men who felled them.
Bourke-White's gritty journey would take her to forests, rivers, factories and harbors in her quest to document the making of newsprint. The legendary photographer spent many months ...