Charles R Hale on Nostr: Ruth Orkin was born in CA. In 1921, she took a bicycle trip across the US to NYC to ...
Ruth Orkin was born in CA. In 1921, she took a bicycle trip across the US to NYC to see the World’s Fair, taking photographs along the way.
She moved to #NYC in 1943.One of her first jobs was shooting portraits of children, which became a favorite subject throughout her life. While living in the West Village she photographed many of the neighborhood kids. She immortalized a brother and sister in two sequences “The Cardplayers” and Jimmy, from "The Storyteller," NYC, 1946.
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She moved to #NYC in 1943.One of her first jobs was shooting portraits of children, which became a favorite subject throughout her life. While living in the West Village she photographed many of the neighborhood kids. She immortalized a brother and sister in two sequences “The Cardplayers” and Jimmy, from "The Storyteller," NYC, 1946.
#photo #history