Ruth was born in New York in 1943. Her schooling consisted of a BFA in painting from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 1970, a BA in photography from the Columbia College in Chicago in 1973, followed by a MFA degree in photography from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1976. She also had training in dance in the 60's and toured with a dance company for awhile. Clearly expression through art is key for her.
Ruth describes her work as an "environmental collage"and it has been compared to works of 20th century surrealism. Ruth primarily uses a pinhole camera to create surreal landscapes by juxtaposing real environments with collaged images and objects. Sometimes the props in her photos she makes herself. The key to her process is combining the pinhole camera with paper negatives to create a soft-focus effect.
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