29.09.09
Diane Arbus Snapshot Profile
Name: Diane Arbus
Born: 1923 New York City
Areas of Expertises: Portraits, Documentary
The Facts:
Diane Arbus was born into a wealthy, Jewish family. She married her childhood sweetheart Allan Arbus in 1941 and they began a commercial photography business. Arbus took classes with Berenice Abbott and studied under Lisette Model between 1955 and 1957. Arbus began to devote herself fully to documenting transvestites, twins, midgets, people on the streets and in their homes and asylum inmates.
Diane and Allan divorced in 1969 after being separated for 10 years. She suffered from severe depression and ended her life in July, 1971. She was 48 years old.
Clients: Esquire, Harper's Bazaar
Books:
Revelations (2003)
Diane Arbus: Family Albums by Anthony W. Lee and John Pultz ( 2003)
Diane Arbus: The Libraries by Doon Arbus (2004)
Diane Arbus: A Biography. By Patricia Bosworth (2005)
An Aperture Monograph by Doon Arbus, Marvin Israel, and Diane Arbus (2005)
Untitled by Diane Arbus and Doon Arbus (2005)
Magazine Work by Diane Arbus and Thomas Southall (2005)
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