COLLEGE PLACE, Wash. Margaret Bourke-White, one of the most famous photographers in the world, will be the subject of two presentations by Lynne Iglitzin, a scholar of the life of Bourke-White and of the era she captured in photographs. The presentations will be held on the Walla Walla University campus in College Place, Wash.

The first presentation, The Eye of Margaret Bourke-White, will be held Monday at 7:30 p.m., in Room 117 in the Administration Building. The second presentation, Focusing a Lens on the Depression: Margaret Bourke-White and Artists of the 1930s, will be held Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 11 a.m. in the University Church. This event coincides with the universitys CommUnity service, a weekly campus service.

Margaret Bourke-White, early in the 20th century, pioneered new techniques in photojournalism and opened the door for women in photography. As the pre-eminent photographer for Life Magazine, Bourke-White’s powerful photographs from the 1930s and 40s brought images of the Great Depression and World War II directly into the living rooms of Americans everywhere.

Iglitzin is a former political science professor at the University of Washington and the author of several books.

Walla Walla University events, sponsored by Humanities Washington and WWU Humanities, are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Rosa Jimenez, Director of University Relations, at 509-527-2363, 800-541-890 or rosa.jimenez@wallawalla.edu.