Margaret Bourke-White — Life magazine’s first female staff photographer — stands beside a Flying Fortress in Algeria, 1943.

Nov 3, 2025 3:07 PM

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Portrait of Margaret Bourke-White, Life magazine’s first hired and first female staff photographer.Captured in Algeria, 1943 — standing before a Flying Fortress bomber after documenting combat missions during the U.S. attack on Tunis.
© Color by Sergey V. Rauzin, 2025
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Margaret Bourke-White — Life magazine’s first female staff photographer — stands beside a Flying Fortress in Algeria, 1943.Moments after this photo, she would document a combat mission during the U.S. attack on Tunis.
Her courage and vision forever changed the way the world saw war.
© Color by Sergey V. Rauzin, 2025

I saw her work in San Diego museum of photography when it there. It was awesome.

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That jacket is my lifelong dream.

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Filying Fortres?

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Damn, those boots looks cosy.

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It got really really cold in those B-17s. Like -40C, with out wind. And no heat in the back

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I think there was still plenty of wind for those conditions. The waist gunners still had an open window.

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They were probably pretty damn badass too, all my great uncle's clothing from ww2 is like still usable, shit was sturdy and thick back then

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