Computer Animation Arts

In common with the extraordinary drawings of Hugh Ferriss , the iconic photographs of Margaret Bourke-White celebrate industrialism, modernity, and the potency and grandeur of the machine. Bourke-White once said that "a dynamo is as beautiful as a vase" - and it's difficult to disagree. This is the stuff of the American Dream right here - bigger, better, more powerful - these mighty edifices of optimism and cogs driving a nation's unassailable determination to go 'one further' - an indomitability that describes Bourke-White herself. "Born in Bronx (New York) on June 14, 1904, Margaret Bourke-White was the daughter of Joseph White and Minnie Bourke. Her father was a naturalist, engineer and inventor; her mother, a resourceful homemaker. She learned from her father perfection; from her mother, the unabashed desire for self-improvement. Married in 1924 to Everett Chapman. Divorced in 1926, she escaped to the security of Cornell University to complete ...