| Dates: | 1921, 3 September - 1985, 16 January | | Born: | US, MA, Boston | | Active: | US | | Gender: | Female | | Website: | www.orkinphoto.com |
Filmmaker and photographer. Her book of New York photographs ‘A World outside my Window‘ always reminds me of the work of André Kertész.Preparing biographies | | Portraits
If you have a portrait of this photographer or know of the whereabouts of one we would be most grateful.
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Family history
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 | Ruth Orkin: American Girl in Italy |
|  | Ruth Orkin: The Card Players |
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All photographs by this photographer
| Getty Research, Los Angeles, USA has an ULAN (Union List of Artists Names Online) entry for this photographer. This is useful for checking names and they frequently provide a brief biography. | | Go to website |
The following books are useful starting points to obtain brief biographies but they are not substitutes for the monographs on individual photographers. |
• Evans, Martin Marix (Executive ed.) 1995 Contemporary Photographers [Third Edition] (St. James Press - An International Thomson Publishing Company) [Expensive reference work but highly informative.]
• International Center of Photography 1999 Reflections in a Glass Eye: Works from the International Center of Photography Collection (New York: A Bulfinch Press Book) p.224 [Includes a well written short biography on Ruth Orkin with example plate(s) earlier in book.]
• Witkin, Lee D. and Barbara London 1979 The Photograph Collector’s Guide (London: Secker and Warburg) p.204-205 [Long out of print but an essential reference work - the good news is that a new edition is in preparation.]
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If there is an analysis of a single photograph or a useful self portrait I will highlight it here. |
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