Charles R Hale on Nostr: When Margaret Bourke-White came to Gandhi’s compound for a LIFE article on ...
When Margaret Bourke-White came to Gandhi’s compound for a LIFE article on India’s leaders, spinning was a big part of Gandhi’s life and identity.
Bourke-White’s picture appeared 2 yrs later, published after Gandhi’s assassination. It became an indelible image, the slain civil-disobedience crusader with his most potent symbol and helped solidify the perception of Gandhi outside the subcontinent as a man of peace.
#Photo Gandhi and Spinning Wheel, Margaret Bourke-White, 1946. #history #India
Bourke-White’s picture appeared 2 yrs later, published after Gandhi’s assassination. It became an indelible image, the slain civil-disobedience crusader with his most potent symbol and helped solidify the perception of Gandhi outside the subcontinent as a man of peace.
#Photo Gandhi and Spinning Wheel, Margaret Bourke-White, 1946. #history #India