Orkin, Ruth : [photography bio file].

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Orkin, Ruth : [photography bio file].

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library

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Orkin, Ruth. American Photographer. Born: Boston, Massachusetts, 3 September 1921. Education: Beverly Hills and Eagle Rock High Schools, Los Angeles, 1935-39; Los Angeles City College, 1940; self-taught in photography. Military Service: Served as a Private in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, 1943. Family: Married the photographer Morris Engel, in 1952; children: Andy and Mary. Career: Worked as a messenger at MGM Film Studios, Los Angeles, 1943-44. Freelance photographer, 1945-85; also, filmmak...