Diane Arbus
(March 14, 1923 - July 26, 1971)
Diane Arbus has been my favorite artist since I first discovered her while doing a project for my high school photography class. Since then I have felt like I can not look at her photographs enough.
She was one of the most original and influential American Artists of the 20th century. Most of her photographs were of abnormal people in society. She found most of her subjects in New York City and its environs during the 1950s and 1960s.
Her portraits of couples, children, carnival performers, nudists, middle-class families, transvestites, people on the street, zealots, eccentrics, and celebrities explore the relationship between appearance and identity.
"Twins"
"Child with a Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park"
"A Young Brooklyn Family Going for a Sunday Outing"
(I Actually saw this photograph when I visited the High Museum)
"Twins"
"Child with a Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park"
"A Young Brooklyn Family Going for a Sunday Outing"
(I Actually saw this photograph when I visited the High Museum)
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