Esther Bubley

Esther Bubley was an American photographer who specialized in expressive photos of ordinary people in everyday lives.

Esther Bubley was born February 16, 1921 in Phillips, Wisconsin, the fourth of five children of Russian Jewish immigrants Louis and Ida Bubley. In 1936, while Esther was a senior at Central High School in Superior, Wisconsin, the photo magazine Life first hit the newsstands. Inspired by the magazine, and particularly by the pictures of the Great Depression produced by the Farm Security Administration, she developed a passion for photojournalism and documentary photography. As editorinchief of the yearbook, she sought to emulate the style of Life. After high school, Esther spent two years at Superior State Teachers College before enrolling in the oneyear photography program at the Minneapolis School of Art .

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