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RUTH-MARION BARUCH (1922-1997) Portrait of George Jackson, San Quentin Prison. Silver print, the image measuring 13x8 7/8 inches (33x22.5 cm.), the mount 20x15 inches (50.8x38.1 cm.), with Baruch's signature, title, and date in pencil on mount recto. October 26, 1970
Ruth-Marion Baruch is known for her series documenting the Black Panthers in 1968. She graduated from the new photography program at the California School of Fine Arts, now the San Francisco Art Institute, where her instructors included Ansel Adams, Minor White, Imogen Cunningham, Dorothea Lange, and Edward Weston. She met and married the photographer Pirkle Jones there, and the two collaborated on projects documenting the San Francisco Bay Area. This portrait was taken of George Jackson the year before he died while attempting escape from San Quentin.
