Ruth Orkin: Women
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Whether candid or posed in black and white or color Orkins photographs of women reveal her consistently sympathetic eye In 1951 her photograph American Girl in Italydepicting a young woman on a street flanked by whistling menmade Ruth Orkin (192185) a household name. Now a new facet of her work emerges through sensational never-before-seen negatives and slides. Women illustrates Orkins devoted humorous witty and sensitive documentation of womens life in the 1940s and 1950s. She records the illustrious goings-on in beauty salons and at cocktail parties at dog shows and on Hollywood sets. We meet Lauren Bacall Jane Russell Joan Taylor and Doris Day but also waitresses stewardesses female soldiers and best friends. Whether gazing directly into the camera looking away from it or even laughing at something outside of the frame Orkins snapshots of women reflect their increased career mobility consumer power and social influence in the postwar era.
