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Portrait Photography

Diane Arbus 1923-1971

"I don't know what a good composition is. There's a certain right and a certain wrong. And sometimes I prefer the wrong."

Diane was called a "freak photographer" and was often accused of showing the world what it didn't want to see.

She became the Diane Arbus we know thanks to her acquaintance with photographer Lisette Model. "Photograph from your guts!" she said, in a rather crude and literal form calling for shooting, being frank with herself.

In the early 1960s, Diane began photographing those who are often called "the dregs of society", people who are different from others, including circus performers, transvestites, dwarfs and giants. She saw their deviations as an advantage.

The main characteristics of her work are considered to be psychological depth and interest in marginal subjects.

 In 1971, Diane committed suicide.

Films about the life and work of Diane Arbus
"Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus" (2006), directed by Steven Steinberg


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