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Diane Arbus

(1923–1971) Photographer

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Arbus captures moments that most people never notice, believing some things stay hidden unless she photographs them. She says she picks a subject first, then lets her feelings unfold, and she works from awkwardness, arranging herself instead of the scene. She also notes that every family feels a little creepy and that identity remains when everything else is stripped away.

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Diane Arbus was a photographer, best known for Diane Arbus.

Quick Facts About Diane Arbus

Born
March 14, 1923
Died
July 26, 1971
Profession
Photographer
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About Diane Arbus

Diane Arbus was an American photographer. She photographed a wide range of subjects including strippers, carnival performers, nudists, people with dwarfism, children, mothers, couples, elderly people, and middle-class families. She photographed her subjects in familiar settings: their homes, on the street, in the workplace, in the park. "She is noted for expanding notions of acceptable subject matter and violates canons of the appropriate distance between photographer and subject. By befriending, not objectifying her subjects, she was able to capture in her work a rare psychological intensity."

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