[OT] I need a particular picture

hlockwood

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I hope someone here will be able to answer my question.

There is a famous shot, B&W of course, taken in Rome in ~1951 of a young, attractive American woman passing through a gantlet of Italian men who are leering at her. She has a pained expression on her face. Beautiful shot, probably taken with a Leica. :D

I'm afraid I don't know the photographer, but it's likely to be someone quite famous. Any idea?

Harry
 
Ruth Orkin. I'm pretty sure she used a Contax. The subject was a model. She and Orkin were trying to put together a story about travelling alone in Europe.
 
I believe it is this picture:

amgirlb.jpg


Ruth Orkin is the photographer
 
That's the one!

That's the one!

I believe it is this picture:

amgirlb.jpg


Ruth Orkin is the photographer

YES!! Thank you VictorM and EliasK. I wonder now where I can get a reproduction of that one. I ask because my (Italian) barber was recently given a mounted copy, perhaps ~16x20.

Harry

Edit: It's available from the Ruth Orkin site. Should have looked before posting.
 
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