Shape of Birth

Baruch, Ruth-Marion, 1922-1997

Shape of Birth (Image Set)

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Title	Shape of Birth
Creator	Baruch, Ruth-Marion, 1922-1997
Series	Shape of Birth
Description	This collection contains a selection of photographs by Ruth-Marion Baruch and Pirkle Jones, whose work visually documents the people and landscape of the San Francisco Bay Area during a time of enormous social, political, and environmental change. Included here is the entirety of Baruch's work, from her earliest 1940s prints, taken during her time as a college student and novice photographer, to her later works in portraiture as a seasoned artist. Social consciousness permeated Baruch's themes centered around women, children, youth, and race, as evidenced by her most famous projects, such as The Black Panthers, Haight-Ashbury, and Walnut Grove, as well as her lesser-known works like Renaissance Faire, Zoo, and Children, They Grow in the City. In addition to Pirkle Jones' contributions to the Black Panther series of photographs, included here is his collaboration with Dorothea Lange, the photographic series, Death of a Valley.
In Collection:	Ruth-Marion Baruch and Pirkle Jones Photographs

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Shape of Birth

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	After birth-nude breasts and belly, The Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Arms supporting body, from The Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Baby's bottom & Dad, from The Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Charley Berger holding Shayna sleeping
	Charley Berger in plaid, from The Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Concentrated exhale, from The Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Exhaling in bed, from The Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Guitar player and woman in Madeline's kitchen, Mill Valley
	Hand holding stomach, from The Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Labor-hand, belly and breast, from the Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Last Try, from The Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Lotus position hand on belly, from The Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Lying on side, Second Day, from The Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Lying on side, Second Day, from The Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Madeline cradling stomach
	Madeline in profile looking at mirror, from The Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Madeline in repose, from The Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Madeline nude -left leg raised, from The Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Madeline standing, from The Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Mother holding daughter, from The Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Mother kissing baby's head, The Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Mother, from The Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Nude reclining against bedside, The Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Portrait of Madeline, The Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Portrait of mother's face, from The Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Profile of abdomen, The Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Prone with cat, from the Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Shayna drooling on Madeline's lap, The Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Shayna nursing, from The Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Shayna on Madeline's lap, The Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Shayna's first birthday, from Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Smiling Shayna held by Dad, from The Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Sweet Shayna in dress, The Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
	Underneath belly, from The Shape of Birth, Mill Valley
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Digital Publisher & Contact Info	University of California, Santa Cruz. McHenry Library, Special Collections. 1156 High Street. Santa Cruz, California, 95064. (831) 459-2547. speccoll@library.ucsc.edu
Digital Publisher Homepage	https://guides.library.ucsc.edu/speccoll
Type	Image
Copyright Statement	Copyright for this collection resides with the Regents of the University of California. The publication or use of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use for research or educational purposes requires written permission from the copyright owner. UCSC Special Collections and Archives can grant permission to publish materials to which it holds the copyright. For permission to reproduce or publish the material, or to order a reproduction, please visit guides.library.ucsc.edu/speccoll/reproduction-publication.
Rights Holder	Regents of the University of California
Place	Mill Valley
Date Created	01/01/1975
Related Resource	http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8b85cfn/
Physical Format	black-and-white negatives
Rights Statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Extent	155 images
Access Rights	Public
Collection Call Number	MS 20
Donor/Provenance	The Pirkle Jones Fund of the Marin Community Foundation