Margaret Bourke-White (1909-1971) Joseph Staline, 1941. Épreuve argentique (c. 1960). Tampon "Life Photo by Margaret Bourke-White" au verso. 35,3 x 28 cm avec les margesCette photographie fait la couverture de l?édition de Life du 29 mars 1943. "I made up my mind that I wouldn?t leave without getting a picture of Stalin smiling. When I met him, his face looked as though it were carved out of stone, he wouldn?t show any emotion at all. I went virtually beserk trying to make that great stone face come alive. I got down on my hands and knees on the floor and tried out all kinds of crazy postures searching for a good camera angle. Stalin looked down at the way I was aquirming and writhing and for the space of a lightning flash he smiled-and I got my picture. Probably, he had never seen a girl photographer before and my weird contortions amused him."Margaret Bourke-White