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<td class="artistname" align="left" valign="top">RUTH ORKIN American Girl in Italy</td>
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<td class="bodytext" align="left" valign="top">December 1, 2007
- December 22, 2007</td>
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<td class="bodytext" width="100%">Opening reception December 1, 2007, 2-4pm</td>
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<td class="bodytext" align="left" valign="top"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Stephen Bulger Gallery is pleased to present a selection of Ruth Orkin's photographs on display in our project space. </span><br style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><br style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">When Ruth Orkin was 17 she traveled solo by bicycling and hitchhiking from her home in Los Angeles to New York, snapping pictures along the way. She later moved to New York, where this spirit of adventure continued. She photographed Tanglewood's summer music festivals, honed her craft in nightclubs, joined the Photo League, and with her first published story in Look Magazine, became "a full-fledged photojournalist." In 1951, Life sent her on assignment to Israel. From there she went to Italy, and it was in Florence that she met Jinx Allen (now known as Ninalee Allen Craig), a painter and fellow American.</span><br style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><br style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">The two were talking about their shared experiences traveling alone as young single women, when Orkin had the idea to "go out and shoot pictures of what it's really like." In the morning, while the Italian women were inside preparing lunch, Jinx gawked at statues, asked Military officials for directions, fumbled with lire and flirted in cafes while Orkin photographed her. Her key image from this project has become one of the mediums most enduring image and is the second best-selling poster of all time (Robert Doisneau's 'The Kiss', being number one).</span><br style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><br style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">The gallery will host a reception on December 1, 2007, in the presence of Mrs. Ninalee Allen Craig, 2-4pm.</span> <BR>
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