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PRONUNCIATION OF BOURKE-WHITE

Bourke-White  [ˌbɜːkˈwaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOURKE-WHITE

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Bourke-White is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BOURKE-WHITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bourke-White

Margaret Bourke-White

Margaret Bourke-White was an American photographer and documentary photographer. She is best known as the first foreign photographer permitted to take pictures of Soviet industry, the first female war correspondent and the first female photographer for Henry Luce's Life magazine, where her photograph appeared on the first cover. She died of Parkinson's disease about eighteen years after she developed her first symptoms.

Definition of Bourke-White in the English dictionary

The definition of Bourke-White in the dictionary is Margaret. 1906–71, US photographer, a pioneer of modern photojournalism: noted esp for her coverage of World War II.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BOURKE-WHITE


acquight
əˈkwaɪt
antiwhite
ˌæntɪˈwaɪt
bobwhite
ˈbɒbˌwaɪt
Hepplewhite
ˈhɛpəlˌwaɪt
lintwhite
ˈlɪntˌwaɪt
milk-white
ˈmɪlkˈwaɪt
milky-white
ˌmɪlkɪˈwaɪt
oyster-white
ˈɔɪstəˌwaɪt
quite
kwaɪt
requite
rɪˈkwaɪt
twite
twaɪt
unwhite
ʌnˈwaɪt
white
waɪt
wight
waɪt
wite
waɪt
wyte
waɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOURKE-WHITE

Bourdon gauge
bourg
bourgeois
bourgeoise
bourgeoisie
bourgeoisify
bourgeon
Bourges
Bourgogne
Bourguiba
bourguignon
bourguignonne
bourn
bourne
Bournemouth
bourride
Bourse

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOURKE-WHITE

black and white
black-and-white
British White
Chinese white
egg white
graphite
house white
in black and white
in the white
large white
malachite
non-White
off-white
phosphite
poor White
shite
small white
Snow White
snow-white
the white

Synonyms and antonyms of Bourke-White in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Bourke-White» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOURKE-WHITE

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Translator English - Chinese

伯克 - 怀特
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Bourke -White
570 millions of speakers

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Bourke-White
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Bourke सफेद
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Translator English - Arabic

بورك وايت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Бурк-Уайт
278 millions of speakers

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Bourke -White
270 millions of speakers

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বৌরকে-হোয়াইট
260 millions of speakers

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Bourke-White
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Bourke-White
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Bourke-White
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Translator English - Japanese

バーク·ホワイト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

버크 - 화이트
85 millions of speakers

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Bourke-White
85 millions of speakers
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Bourke -White
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போர்க்-வெள்ளை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बॉर्के-व्हाईट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bourke-Beyaz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Bourke -White
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Bourke-White
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Бурк - Уайт
40 millions of speakers

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Bourke -White
30 millions of speakers
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Bourke - White
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Bourke - White
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Bourke -White
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Bourke -White
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Bourke-White

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOURKE-WHITE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BOURKE-WHITE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Bourke-White

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOURKE-WHITE»

Discover the use of Bourke-White in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Bourke-White and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Margaret Bourke White
Traces the life and accomplishments of the noted photojournalist who served as a foreign correspondent for "Life" magazine during World War II and the Korean War
Susan Goldman Rubin, Margaret Bourke-White, 1999
2
Margaret Bourke-White: The Photography of Design, 1927 - ...
An accompanying catalog to an exhibition by the Phillips Collection presents earlier works by the leading photojournalist from her days as a photographer of America's factories, machinery, and technology products, which served as a ...
Stephen Bennett Phillips, 2003
3
Margaret Bourke-White: a biography
Profiles the pioneering photojournalist whose accomplishments included being the only foreign photographer in Moscow during the Nazi bombardment, being the first woman photographer accredited to the U.S. armed forces, and being the first to ...
Vicki Goldberg, 1986
4
Margaret Bourke-White
In Margaret Bourke-White, award-winning author Catherine A. Welch creates a powerful portrait of a remarkable, gifted woman. Jennifer Hagerman's illustrations capture Margaret's own liveliness and strength.
Catherine A. Welch, 2011
5
Portrait of Myself
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Margaret Bourke White, 2011
6
You Have Seen Their Faces
Their collaboration resulted in You Have Seen Their Faces, a graphic portrayal of America's desperately poor rural underclass.
Erskine Caldwell, 1937
7
Margaret Bourke-White: A Photographer's Life
Profiles the life of the photojournalist who was an original staff photographer for "Life" magazine and a war correspondent during World War II.
Emily Keller, 1996
8
Margaret Bourke-White: The Early Work, 1922-1930
In this brief collection of her earliest work, two art historians present the "unknown" Bourke-White, the young amateur aged eighteen to twenty-six.
Margaret Bourke-White, 2005
9
American Modern: Documentary Photography by Abbott, Evans, ...
This volume to the exhibition of the same name, explores the reinvention of documentary photography in the 1930s, focusing on the work of three iconic figures: Berenice Abbott, Walker Evans, and Margaret Bourke-White.
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 2010
10
Twenty parachutes
This elegant little book presents Margaret Bourke-White's brilliant photographic sequence of parachutes being tested by employees of the Irving Air Chute Company in Buffalo, in the 1930s. With 20 duotone plates.
Margaret Bourke-White, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOURKE-WHITE»

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Images in Washington Exhibit Reflect a Transforming America
Photographers like Clarence John Laughlin, Margaret Bourke-White, Lewis Hine and Paul Strand documented the rapid growth in many of ... «Voice of America, Jul 15»
2
WACCT Executive Director to be honored at CT Women's Hall of Fame
... of Save the Children; Indra Nooyi, Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo; and Margaret Bourke-White, first female photographer for Life Magazine. «Hartford Courant, Jul 15»
3
Former home of famous photographer for sale
When Bourke-White lived in the home, she famously wallpapered ... After years of traveling the world, Bourke-White spent the rest of her life in ... «Darien Times, Jun 15»
4
The Great Divide
Partition displaced fifteen million people and killed more than a million. Credit Photograph by Margaret Bourke-White / LIFE Picture Collection / ... «The New Yorker, Jun 15»
5
See How Ramadan Was Observed in the 1940s
That sense of reflection was captured in 1946 by LIFE photographer Margaret Bourke-White. For Bourke-White, who spent considerable time in ... «TIME, Jun 15»
6
June 15 First News: Santa Fe, Espanola Sue Santa Fe County …
An exhibit featuring the work of American photographer Margaret Bourke-White is showing at Santa Fe's Monroe Gallery of Photography ... «KSFR, Jun 15»
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'American Moments: Photographs from The Phillips Collection' June …
The city became one of America's most potent symbols after World War I, and photographs by Berenice Abbott, Margaret Bourke-White, Lewis ... «The Georgetown Dish, Jun 15»
8
MFA presents Five Decades of Photography
... Édouard Baldus, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Julia Margaret Cameron, Margaret Bourke-White, Berenice Abbott, Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Weston, ... «Tampa Bay Newspapers, Jun 15»
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UPI Almanac for Sunday, June 14, 2015
... photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White in 1904; actor/folksinger Burl Ives in 1909; actor Dorothy McGuire in 1916; actor Gene Barry in 1919; ... «UPI.com, Jun 15»
10
This Day, June 14, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
1904: Birthdate of Margaret Bourke-White, whose father was from an Orthodox Jewish family and whose mother was Irish. For those who grew ... «Cleveland Jewish News, Jun 15»

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