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English
Hatje Cantz
08 February 2024
Capturing grace

Her American Girl in Italy-the street scene with the whistling Italians-is an icon. Now sensational negatives and slides have surfaced from the archive that reveal a little-known side of Ruth Orkin: that of the sensitive, interested, witty chronicler of the women's world of the 1940s and 1950s. Orkin thought up editorials like the tongue-in-cheek reportage Who works harder? comparing the lives of a career woman and a housewife. She documented the hustle and bustle in beauty salons and at cocktail parties, at dog shows and on Hollywood film sets. We meet Lauren Bacall, Jane Russell, Joan Taylor or Doris Day, but also waitresses, stewardesses and female soldiers, as wall as groups of female friends. What emerges is the image of women on the move, women who are beginning to cast off the conventions imposed on them, going their own way: self-confident, stylish, smart.

Edited by:   ,
Imprint:   Hatje Cantz
Country of Publication:   Germany
Dimensions:   Height: 265mm,  Width: 265mm, 
Weight:   1.080kg
ISBN:   9783775756853
ISBN 10:   377575685X
Pages:   144
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

American photographer, photojournalist, and filmmaker RUTH ORKIN (1921-1985) grew up in Hollywood as the daughter of a silent film actress. She went on to be one of the first women to study photojournalism at Los Angeles City College. In 1943 Orkin moved to New York City, working as a freelance photojournalist. Her photographs appeared in The New York Times, LIFE, Look, Ladies' Home Journal, and other publications. On the occasion of what would have been her 100th birthday, exhibitions were held across Europe and North America. In 2021, Hatje Cantz published A Photo Spirit dedicated to her pioneering work.

Reviews for Ruth Orkin: Women

"A posthumous release from the famed photographer Ruth Orkin casts a female gaze on subjects both ordinary and iconic.--Erica Ackerberg ""The New York Times: Arts"" In this book, the images span Orkin's entire career. What emerges is a woman of uncompromising style.--Elena Clavarino ""Air Mail"""


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