Ruth Kaplan

{{short description|Canadian photographer}}

Ruth Kaplan (born 1955) is a Canadian photographer.{{Cite web |last=Zlatkov |first=Bojan |date=3 May 2016 |title=Ruth Kaplan |url=https://www.widewalls.ch/artists/ruth-kaplan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307181906/https://www.widewalls.ch/artists/ruth-kaplan |archive-date=7 March 2021 |access-date=12 May 2024 |website=Widewalls |language=en}} Kaplan was born in Montreal, Quebec.

Kaplan is known for her long-term project Bathers, in which she photographed people bathing in public baths around the globe.{{cite web |date=18 May 2016 |title=Ruth Kaplan • Bathers |url=https://www.vogue.it/en/photography/photostories/2016/05/18/ruth-kaplan-bathers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504225316/https://www.vogue.it/en/photography/photostories/2016/05/18/ruth-kaplan-bathers/ |archive-date=4 May 2019 |access-date=4 May 2019 |website=Vogue Italia}}{{cite web |last=Silverman |first=Rena |date=25 April 2016 |title=In Spas and Bathhouses, Epic Nudes |url=https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/04/25/in-spas-and-bathhouses-ruth-kaplan-epic-nudes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204212832/https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/04/25/in-spas-and-bathhouses-ruth-kaplan-epic-nudes/ |archive-date=4 December 2018 |access-date=4 May 2019 |website=The New York Times |publisher=}}{{cite web |date=30 August 2017 |title=Bagnanti |url=http://www.ilpost.it/2017/08/30/bagnanti/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606011209/https://www.ilpost.it/2017/08/30/bagnanti/ |archive-date=6 June 2019 |access-date=4 May 2019 |website=Il Post |language=it}} Her work is included in the collections of the Ryerson Image Centre{{cite web |title=More collection highlights [Figure 10] |url=https://ryersonimagecentre.ca/collection/more-collection-highlights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504225316/https://ryersonimagecentre.ca/collection/more-collection-highlights/ |archive-date=4 May 2019 |access-date=4 May 2019 |website=Ryerson Image Centre}} and the National Gallery of Canada.{{cite web |title=Ruth Kaplan |url=https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/ruth-kaplan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504225317/https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/ruth-kaplan |archive-date=4 May 2019 |access-date=4 May 2019 |website=National Gallery of Canada}}