1. Ruth Bernhard was a German-born American photographer.
20 Facts About Ruth Bernhard
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Lucian Ruth Bernhard was known for his poster and typeface design, many of which bear his name and are still in use.
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Ruth Bernhard's parents divorced when she was 2 years old and she only met her mother twice after the divorce.
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Ruth Bernhard was raised by two schoolteacher sisters and their mother.
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Ruth Bernhard studied art history and typography at the Berlin Academy of Art from 1925 to 1927 before moving to New York City to join her father.
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Ruth Bernhard began teaching at the University of California in 1958, while giving lectures, classes and workshops all over the United States.
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In 1927 Ruth Bernhard moved to New York City, where her father was already living.
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Ruth Bernhard worked as an assistant to Ralph Steiner in Delineator magazine, but he terminated her employment for indifferent performance.
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Ruth Bernhard wrote about her "bisexual escapades" in her memoir.
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Ruth Bernhard was so inspired by Weston's work that, after meeting him in 1935, she moved to California.
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In 1939, Ruth Bernhard moved back to New York for eight years, during which time she met photographer Alfred Stieglitz.
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Ruth Bernhard was inspired by the small things in her life.
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In 1934 Ruth Bernhard received a commission from the Museum of Modern Art to photograph works for the Machine Art exhibition catalog.
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Ruth Bernhard worked almost exclusively in black-and-white, though there are rumours that she had done some color work as well.
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Ruth Bernhard is known for her lesbian themed works, most notably Two Forms.
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Van Peebles wrote the text and Ruth Bernhard took the unposed photographs for The Big Heart, a book about life on the cable cars.
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Ruth Bernhard told Williams that she knew there would be a book of her photography after her death, but hoped one could be published during her lifetime.
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Carol Williams credited Ruth Bernhard with encouraging her to venture into book publishing, and later published several other photographic monographs.
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Ruth Bernhard was inducted into the Women's Caucus for Art in 1981.
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Ruth Bernhard was hailed by Ansel Adams as "the greatest photographer of the nude".