Her Russian photographs appeared in a book called Eyes on Russia published in 1931. During this period she became the first Western photographer to photograph early Soviet industry. So, after only one year, Bourke-White left commercial photography behind, taking a new job as associate editor and staff photographer of Fortune magazine. Margaret Bourke-White's innovative techniques of shooting steel mill interiors caught the attention of Henry Luce, who brought her to New York where he saw a fit for her with the magazine Fortune, a magazine of industry that would benefit from her talents. The low sensitivity to red and orange light of early black and white films was problematic when shooting red-hot steel. She experimented with using magnesium flares to illuminate scenes in a steel mill. In 1928 she moved to Cleveland, Ohio and started a commercial photography business, specializing in architectural and industrial photography. In 1927 she added her mother's name and began going by the hyphenated name Margaret Bourke-White. She tried several other schools and eventually graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She attended Columbia University, where she initially studied herpetology but later left the school. Her father was fascinated by cameras and encouraged Margaret's early interest in photography. She grew up in Bound Brook, New Jersey, where she attended Plainfield High School. Margaret White was born 14 June, 1904 in the Bronx, New York to Joseph White, and Minnie Bourke.
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