- Awards:
- United States Navy Photographic Institute Citation for Exceptionally Meritorious Photography, Awarded Navy Day, October 27, 1945
- For Outstanding Achievement While Serving As A U.S. Navy Combat Photographer and as a member of combat photo unit number eight. For an exceptionally fine series of still photographs of the invasions in Southern France and on the Normandy Beaches, where his indifference to danger and his keen awareness of what scenes were most vital in the action around him, resulted in a contribution of great value to the visual records of the war. His photograph showing enemy dead on the Normandy beach, taken on D-day and in the face of grave danger, is one of the great pictures of the war and reflects the highest credit upon Engel and the U.S. Navy photographic service.
- Signed by Edward Steichen, Captain USNR/Director, Navy Photographic Institute
- Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, Crystal Apple Award, 1988
- Lifetime Achievement Award, Photographic Administrators, 1998
- Pioneer of Independent Cinema Award, 2002
The images and films of Morris Engel
Morris Engel & Ruth Orkin
Morris Engel and award-winning photographer/filmmaker Ruth Orkin married in 1952 during the making of LITTLE FUGITIVE. They would also collaborate on “LOVERS and LOLLIPOPS in 1955. They had two children, Andy in 1959 and Mary in 1961, that Orkin photographed extensively. Orkin photographed Celebrities, Musicians, New York City and throughout Europe and is most known for the iconic photograph “American Girl in Italy.”
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