[Einstein, Albert. (1879-1955)] Orkin, Ruth. (1921-1985) Original Photograph

[Einstein, Albert. (1879-1955)] Orkin, Ruth. (1921-1985)

Original Photograph

Charming original photograph of the great physicist, by the noted photojournalist Ruth Orkin. Einstein is shown laughing, at a luncheon at Princeton in 1953. Gelatin silver print. With the photographer's embossed signature in the lower right margin; Mary Engel Estate stamp to verso. Image 14.5 x 18 inches, matted and framed under glass.

Literature
Orkin, A Photo Journal, Viking Press, 1981, p. 125
Ruth Orkin: A Retrospective, International Center for Photography, New York, May 5-July 16, 1995, p. 26

"This was taken while I was having lunch with Einstein and about one hundred men who had each contributed twenty-five thousand dollars to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. After lunch I was supposed to photograph Einstein shaking hands with each of the men...I was an obvious bundle of nerves...Einstein was terribly sweet and kept saying, "Take it easy. Don't worry. We'll wait. Take your time!" - RUTH ORKIN

The self-taught award-winning American photographer, photojournalist, and filmmaker Ruth Orkin is best known for her photograph An American Girl in Italy (1951), as well as for her many photographs of celebrities and personalities including Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Ava Gardner, Tennessee Williams, Marlon Brando, and Alfred Hitchcock. After her first assignment in 1945 from The New York Times to shoot Leonard Bernstein, her freelance career grew as she traveled internationally on assignments and contributed photographs to Life, Look, Ladies' Home Journal, and others. Orkin is credited with breaking into a heavily male field with her outstanding photographs. (14564)

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