{"product_id":"66589-ruth-orkin","title":"Ruth Orkin","description":"Her American Girl in Italy—the street scene with the whistling Italians—is iconic. Now, sensational negatives and slides have emerged from the archives, revealing a little-known side of Ruth Orkin: that of the sensitive, interested, witty, and humorous chronicler of the women's world of the 1940s and 1950s. Orkin conceived editorials such as the tongue-in-cheek report \"Who works harder?\" about a housewife who definitely works harder than her husband. She documented the illustrious goings-on in beauty salons and at cocktail parties, at dog shows and on Hollywood sets. We encounter Lauren Bacall, Jane Russell, Joan Taylor, or Doris Day, but also waitresses, stewardesses, female soldiers, or simply best friends. \u003cbr\u003eWhat emerges is a picture of women on the move, women who are beginning to shed the conventions imposed upon them, to go their own way, self-confident, stylish, smart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhotographer and filmmaker RUTH ORKIN (1921–1985) grew up in Hollywood as the daughter of a silent film actress and was one of the first women to study photojournalism at Los Angeles City College. In 1943, she moved to New York, where she worked as a freelance photographer and photojournalist for The New York Times, LIFE, Look, and Ladies' Home Journal, among others. On the occasion of her 100th birthday, her progressive work was honored in numerous exhibitions. In 2021, Hatje Cantz published the photo book A Photo Spirit.","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45526292726024,"sku":"9783775756853","price":38.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775756853_fcde91cd-b343-4d46-995b-b2976b0dd4c0.jpg?v=1744285507","url":"https:\/\/hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/66589-ruth-orkin","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}