White Feathery TreesArtwork Info About the Artist Artist Docs Artist News 1981 Chromogenic print Signed, in ink, au recto Printed circa 1981 (b. 1921, Boston, USA; d. 1985, New York City, USA) Ruth Orkin was the only child of Mary Ruby, a silent movie actress, and Samuel Orkin, a mechanical wizard, and grew up in Hollywood during the heyday of the 1920's and 1930's. She was given a Univex camera when she was 10 and began developing her own photographs at 12. A passionate