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Anne Morin

Ruth Orkin

Anne Morin

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English
Thames & Hudson Ltd
26 February 2024
Individual photographers
Series: Photofile
The perfect primer on American photographer, photojournalist and filmmaker Ruth Orkin.

Ruth Orkin (1921-85) always dreamed of becoming a filmmaker, and although that ambition was thwarted until later in her career, she quickly found other ways of engaging with the world of images. She was given her first camera at the age of ten and by the age of seventeen, she was cycling across America from Los Angeles to New York, documenting her trip in albums of annotated photographs. In the early 1940s she settled in New York, joining the Photo League and making her name with photo stories for major magazines such as Life, Look and This Week.

In images that range from celebrity portraits to bird's-eye views from her apartment window, from children at play to the experiences of a lone American tourist in Italy, Orkin's photography always retains a cinematic sense of the passage of time and allows the humanity and charisma of her subjects to shine through.
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Imprint:   Thames & Hudson Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 190mm,  Width: 125mm, 
Weight:   240g
ISBN:   9780500411247
ISBN 10:   0500411247
Series:   Photofile
Pages:   144
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Anne Morin is the director of diChroma photography (www.dichroma-photography.com), a company specializing in international travelling photography exhibitions and the development and production of cultural projects. She is the co-author of Vivian Maier, also published by Thames & Hudson.

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