Monday, February 6, 2017

New Artist #2

Diane Arbus
"American photographer Diane Arbus is famous for her poignant portraits of individuals on the margins of society, such as street people, transvestites, nudists, and carnival performers. Arbus’s work is highly controversial, eliciting in some viewers an overwhelming sense of compassion, while others find her images bizarre and disturbing. Her practice challenged established conventions dictating the distance between photographer and subject, resulting in the raw psychological intensity that characterizes her photographic portraiture.

American, 1923–1971, New York, New York"

Check out the link above for a full collection of her photos, but here are just three examples that I really like.


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