Gandhi at his Spinning Wheel
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White

Margaret was one of the famous photojournalists in history. Taking photographs of Gandhi 
was rare, but this Life magazine photographer received a rare chance. She was about to 
shoot, when Gandhi's secretaries stopped her. They told her if she was going to photograph 
Gandhi at the spinning wheel, which was a symbol of India's struggle for independence, 
she would first have to learn how to use it herself.

It was also Gandhi's day of silence - not to mention the fact that he hated bright light! 
Lastly, the humid Indian weather was messing up her camera equipment. She was only allowed 
to use 3 flashbulbs - the 1st one failed, she forget to pull the slide in the 2nd one, 
and the 3rd one finally worked. This was the photograph that almost never was!