Margaret Bourke-White: Syria in 1940
Past exhibition
Overview
Senegalese soldiers, commanded by the officers of the French expeditionary force, at their garrison, Syria, 1940
In 1940, seven months before the United States entered World War II, LIFE magazine sent photographer Margaret Bourke-White, the first female photojournalist, to the young republic of Syria in order to document its pivotal role — culturally, geographically, militarily — in the region. The exhibition will survey more than 15 photographs taken by Bourke-White, which landed her a featured photographic essay. The Syrian assignment for Bourke-White is illuminating in the context of today’s civil war and Syria’s major position both in the Middle East and on the global stage. The photographs on view are the vintage prints used for the production of the magazine.
Works
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Margaret Bourke-White, Senegalese soldiers, commanded by the officers of the French expeditionary force, at their garrison, Syria, 1940 -
Margaret Bourke-White, Close-up of Foreign Legion soldiers at their outpost, Syria, 1940
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Margaret Bourke-White, Foreign Legion engineers of the Pioneer garrison, commanded by the officers of the French expeditionary force, c.1940
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Margaret Bourke-White, British colonial troops, including Irish Cameron Highlands troops with Indian marching troops, as they march past the Great Pyramids, 1940
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Margaret Bourke-White, Syrian family walking on the road past the walled-in, beehive-shaped houses of this old Phoenician city, c.1940
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Margaret Bourke-White, View of 11th century cemetery at Bab Zgher on southeast side of the city, Damasus, Syria, 1940
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Margaret Bourke-White, The great columns of the Temple of Jupiter in ruins, c.1940
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Margaret Bourke-White, Syrian men playing an unidentified game while sitting on the street, c.1940
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Margaret Bourke-White, Women with children and Bedouin camel cavalrymen walking on street of desert village in which garrison, Post Veillotte, is located, Syria, 1940
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Margaret Bourke-White, Algerian engineers of the Pioneer garrison, commanded by officers of the French expeditionary force, 1940
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Margaret Bourke-White, Egyptians sitting around in front of building with Germany for Holidays travel poster , c.1940
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Margaret Bourke-White, Members of the native Bedouin camel cavalry, commanded by the French expeditionary force, posing on their she-camel mounts in desert near Damascus, Syria, 1940
Installation Views
