Historical Photographs with Fascinating Stories Behind Them

[post_page_title]Forced to learn[/post_page_title]

This photo became one of the most defining pictures of the 20th century. Margaret Bourke-White was Life magazine’s first-ever female photographer and traveled to India before it became an independent nation. Secretaries working for Gandhi told Margaret…

Forced to learn

That the only way she would be allowed to photograph the icon was if she learned how to use a spinning wheel first. Margaret did just that, but there were more rules. She couldn’t use bright lights, and she wasn’t allowed to talk to him as it was his day of silence.

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