{"product_id":"ruth-orkin","title":"Ruth Orkin","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmerican photographer Ruth Orkin earned acclaim for her work as she combined her love for travel and her experience growing up in Hollywood into a practice that captured the cinematic elements of everyday life and revealed the humanity of the upper crust.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe atmospheric photographs taken by Orkin in cities such as Florence, New York and London still shape the image of these metropolises today: her street scenes consistently offer penetrating insights into the personality of her human subjects as well as their environments. This unique quality also manifests in her celebrity portraits of figures such as Albert Einstein, Marlon Brando, Tennessee Williams and Lauren Bacall: though clearly posed, these photographs offer a certain level of candor that allows the viewer to connect with the sitters on a human level. She also pursued filmmaking with two successful features, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLittle Fugitive\u003c\/span\u003e (1953) and \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLovers and Lollipops\u003c\/span\u003e (1955)―and she did all of this as one of the few female practitioners in the field.\u003cbr\u003e\nPublished on the occasion of what would have been the photographer’s 100th birthday, this illustrated volume celebrates Orkin’s life and career with an equally extensive and fascinating overview of this exceptional artist's oeuvre.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRuth Orkin\u003c\/span\u003e (1921–85) studied at Los Angeles City College. Working as a freelance photographer, she published in magazines such as \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLife, Look\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLadies' Home Journal\u003c\/span\u003e. She was awarded an Oscar for the film \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLittle Fugitive\u003c\/span\u003e, which she made with her husband in 1953. \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA World Through My Window\u003c\/span\u003e (1978) is her best-known book of photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"CAP BOOKSHOP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52209142137141,"sku":"9783775750950","price":18.0,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/4157\/3429\/files\/41NcUQkhI4L._SX342_SY445.jpg?v=1768477527","url":"https:\/\/capbookshop.com\/ar\/products\/ruth-orkin","provider":"CAP BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}