mural-sized gelatin silver print, flush-mounted, the Orkin/Engel Archive label ... A Retrospective (New York, 1995), p. 9 Ruth Orkin, American Girl in Italy, The Making of a Classic (New York, 2005), ...

For all its controversy, photographer Ruth Orkin’s “An American Girl in Italy” has long been a fixture in women’s dorm rooms and homes, an instant conversation starter about feminism and ...

One morning in August 1951, at a $1-a-night hotel in Florence, Italy, two American women came face to face in the hallway. One was Ruth Orkin, a promising 29-year-old photojournalist who was ...

Ninalee Craig, the subject of the famous “American Girl in Italy” photograph that has been a longtime favorite image for young women with a wanderlust spirit, has died at age 90, according to ...

She pops her leg backwards and moves. Chances are you have seen this image before. “An American Girl in Italy” (1952) is the most famous work by photographer Ruth Orkin – who would have celebrated her ...

One of them is grabbing his crotch.The iconic 1951 image “American Girl in Italy” turns 60 on Monday. As its anniversary approaches, the stunnin ...

Ruth Orkin, An American Girl in Florence, Italy, 1951. Gelatin silver print, image size is 12 x 18.5 inches (30.5 x 47 cm), paper size is 16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm). Signed. The "American Girl in ...

For all its controversy, photographer Ruth Orkin’s “An American Girl in Italy” has long been a fixture in women’s dorm rooms and homes, an instant conversation starter about feminism and ...