This week, can creatives have concrete long term goals or is the nature of making such that clarity beyond a certain point is elusive by design? Then again, if you can’t define a specific goal or end point, how do you know whether you are getting closer or moving further away from where you want (or need) to be? Ruth Orkin is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #EndOfSeason
  
• "At Home" - Bill Bryson
  
• Products Archive - Photography by the Letter
  
• Numbers station - Wikipedia
  
• Shadows of the State by Lewis Bush — Kickstarter
  
• 5by5 | On Taking Pictures #261: Healing Salve On The Open Wound Of Doubt
  
• A world-famous photographer goes on the hunt for the 'perfect shot'. And it's breathtaking to see. - YouTube
  
• Claire Falkenstein - Wikipedia
  
• Emerson Woelffer - Wikipedia
  
• Ruth Orkin Photo Archive
  
• Ruth Orkin Photo Archive Store
  
• The real story behind 'An American Girl in Italy' - CNN
  
• That’s me in the picture: Ninalee Craig photographed by Ruth Orkin in Florence in 1951, aged 23 | Art and design | The Guardian
  

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