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Ruth-Marion Baruch (1922–1997) was an American photographer remembered for her pictures of the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1960s.
Ruth-Marion Baruch | |
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| Born | 1922 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | 1997 (aged 74–75) San Rafael, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Missouri Ohio University California School of Fine Arts |
| Known for | Photography |
Early life and education
Baruch was born in Berlin on June 15, 1922. She and her family migrated in 1927 to the United States. She gained a BA in English and Journalism from the University of Missouri in 1944. She studied photography at Ohio University, receiving an MFA in 1946[1] and at the California School of Fine Arts (now the San Francisco Art Institute) in San Francisco 1946-1949[2] in the first class of students taught by Ansel Adams, Minor White, Dorothea Lange, Homer Page, and Edward Weston after World War II.[3]
Photography
Baruch's work includes a series on the Black Panther Party taken from July to October 1968, in collaboration with photographer Pirkle Jones,[4] and a series on the hippies of Haight-Ashbury. Baruch's photographs were exhibited in Perceptions at the San Francisco Museum of Art in 1954, as well as Edward Steichen's New York Museum of Modern Art exhibition, The Family of Man in 1955.[5]
Exhibitions
- “Walnut Grove: Portrait of a Town," collaboration with Pirkle Jones, exhibited at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1964.
- “Illusion For Sale,” San Francisco Museum of Art, 1965.[6]
- Haight Ashbury, San Francisco's M.H. de Young Museum, 1968
- A Photographic Essay on the Black Panthers, collaboration with Pirkle Jones, exhibited de Young Museum, December 1968 through February 1969. This exhibition travels to the Studio Museum of Harlem in 1969.[7] The Vanguard: A Photographic Essay on the Black Panthers, (Boston: Beacon Press, 1970).
References
- "Ruth-Marion Baruch is Believed First to Get Master's Degree in Photography," Ohio University Post, Athens, Ohio, June 5, 1946
- "Ruth-Marion Baruch", Lumière. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- Comer, Stephanie; Klochko, Deborah; Gunderson, Jeff (2006). The Moment of Seeing: Minor White at the California School of Fine Arts. San Francisco: Chronicle Books.
- "The Black Panthers 1968: Photographs by Ruth-Marion Baruch and Pirkle Jones", University of California/Berkeley Art Museum, http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/press/release/TXT0061 accessed December 14, 2011
- Heick, William; Latour, Ira; Macauley, Cameron (2016). The Golden Decade: Photography at the California School of Fine Arts, 1945-1955. Steidl.
- Frankenstein, Alfred (December 21, 1965). "Illusion for Sale Exhibition: San Francisco Museum of Art". San Francisco Chronicle.
- Black Power Flower Power: Photographs by Pirkle Jones and Ruth-Marion Baruch. The Pirkle Jones Foundation. 2012. pp. 11, 12, 13. ISBN 978-0-9819933-8-6.
External links
- All Ruth-Marion Baruch Images Online, released by Center for Creative Photography (CCP), University of Arizona.
- Catalogue description of Baruch's book of poetry, A Dangerous Thing, featuring a short biographical note
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