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With its first solo exhibition in Germany,\u00a0f<\/span>3\u00a0<\/sup><\/span>\u2013 freiraum f\u00fcr fotografie honors the American\u00a0photographer Ruth Orkin, a chronicler of the 1940s and 1950s.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Everyday scenes, cityscapes, portraits. Ruth Orkin’s photographs tell stories. Of the up-and-coming America of the post-war period, of the attitude to life of a society on the upswing and of women conquering new roles beyond that of housewife and mother. Her humorous yet serious view of the world is evident in the details of the images, in her sense of movement, timing and composition.<\/p>\n

Ruth Orkin is one of the few professional women photographers of the 1940s and 1950s. Although she published in numerous newspapers and magazines such as the New York Times<\/em>, Life<\/em> or Look<\/em> and her photographs were part of the legendary MOMA<\/em> exhibition The Family of Man<\/em>, she is still little known internationally. In contrast to many of her male colleagues, whose works are among the icons of street photography.<\/p>\n

Ruth Orkin began taking photographs at the age of ten. In 1939, she produced her first major photographic work. At the age of 17, she crossed the USA by bicycle and with the camera, once from L. A. to New York for the World’s Fair. She moved there in 1943.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With the publication of a photograph in Star magazine<\/em>, her career as a freelance photographer began in 1945. Ruth Orkin was commissioned by Life<\/em> to travel to Israel in 1951. She documented the young country and its (newly arrived) inhabitants as well as life in the kibbutz. This trip was one of her most important personal experiences.<\/p>\n

One of her most famous images is the photograph American Girl in Italy. For the photograph, she portrayed her travel acquaintance Ninalee Craig (Jinx Allen) surrounded by men in Florence in 1951. Jinx became her friend and muse, inspiring her to create an entire series that shows, with an ironic eye, what it was like to travel alone as a woman in the 1950s.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout her life and work, Ruth Orkin has experienced, reflected and subverted society’s expectations. Her photographs are modern, free and perceptive commentaries on those times. Ruth Orkin would have turned 100 on September 3, 2021.<\/p>\n

The exhibition has been curated by Katharina Mouratidi, Artistic Director f<\/span>3 <\/sup><\/span>\u2013 freiraum f\u00fcr\u00a0fotografie, and Nadine Barth, barthouse Berlin.<\/p>\n

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Foto: American Girl in Italy<\/em>, Florence, Italy, 1951. \u00a9 Orkin\/Engel\u00a0Film and Photo Archive; VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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