Global InformationDiane Arbus information
Diane Arbus | |
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 Photograph by Allan Arbus (a film test), c. 1949[1]: 137 | |
| Born | Diane Nemerov March 14, 1923 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | July 26, 1971 (aged 48) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Spouse |
Allan Arbus
(m. 1941; div. 1969) |
| Partner | Marvin Israel (1959–1971; her death) |
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Diane Arbus (/diːˈæn ˈɑːrbəs/; née Nemerov; March 14, 1923 – July 26, 1971[2]) was an American photographer.[3][4] She photographed a wide range of subjects including strippers, carnival performers, nudists, people with dwarfism, children, mothers, couples, elderly people, and middle-class families.[5] 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."[6][7] In his 2003 New York Times Magazine article, "Arbus Reconsidered", Arthur Lubow states, "She was fascinated by people who were visibly creating their own identities—cross-dressers, nudists, sideshow performers, tattooed men, the nouveaux riches, the movie-star fans—and by those who were trapped in a uniform that no longer provided any security or comfort."[4][8][9][6][10] Michael Kimmelman writes in his review of the exhibition Diane Arbus Revelations, that her work "transformed the art of photography (Arbus is everywhere, for better and worse, in the work of artists today who make photographs)".[11] Arbus's imagery helped to normalize marginalized groups and highlight the importance of proper representation of all people.[citation needed]
In her lifetime she achieved some recognition and renown[12] with the publication, beginning in 1960, of photographs in such magazines as Esquire, Harper's Bazaar, London's Sunday Times Magazine, and Artforum.[13] In 1963 the Guggenheim Foundation awarded Arbus a fellowship for her proposal entitled, "American Rites, Manners and Customs". She was awarded a renewal of her fellowship in 1966.[14] John Szarkowski, the director of photography at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City from 1962 to 1991, championed her work and included it in his 1967 exhibit New Documents along with the work of Lee Friedlander and Garry Winogrand.[3] Her photographs were also included in a number of other major group shows.[14]: 86
In 1972, a year after her suicide, Arbus became the first photographer to be included in the Venice Biennale[15][14]: 51–52 where her photographs were "the overwhelming sensation of the American Pavilion" and "extremely powerful and very strange".[16]
The first major retrospective of Arbus' work was held in 1972 at MoMA, organized by Szarkowski. The retrospective garnered the highest attendance of any exhibition in MoMA's history to date.[17] Millions viewed traveling exhibitions of her work from 1972 to 1979.[18] The book accompanying the exhibition, Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph, edited by Doon Arbus and Marvin Israel and first published in 1972, has never been out of print.[6]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Revelationswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Diane Arbus, her vision, life, and death" by Patricia Bosworth, The New York Times, May 13, 1984. Accessed May 10, 2017
- ^ a b Estrin, James (March 8, 2018). "Diane Arbus, 1923–1971". The New York Times. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
- ^ a b Lubow, Arthur (September 14, 2003). "Arbus Reconsidered". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
- ^ Arthur, Lubow (June 7, 2016). Diane Arbus : Portrait of a Photographer (1st ed.). New York City. ISBN 978-0-06-223432-2. OCLC 950881745.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c DeCarlo, Tessa (May 2004). "A Fresh Look at Diane Arbus". Smithsonian magazine. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
- ^ Somers-Davis, Lynne M. (2006). Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography. New York: Routledge. pp. 51–56. ISBN 978-1-135-20543-0.
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Monograph1972was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Bosworth, Patricia. Diane Arbus: a Biography. New York: W. W. Norton, 2005. p. 250. ISBN 0-393-32661-6.
- ^ Gaines, Steven. The Sky's the Limit: Passion and Property in Manhattan. New York: Little, Brown, 2005. p. 143. ISBN 0-316-60851-3.
- ^ Kimmelman, Michael (March 11, 2005). "The Profound Vision of Diane Arbus: Flaws in Beauty, Beauty in Flaws". The New York Times. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
- ^ Crookston, Peter (September 30, 2005). "Extra Ordinary". The Guardian. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
- ^ Arbus, Diane (1984). Diane Arbus: Magazine Work. New York: Aperture Foundation. ISBN 978-0-89381-233-1.
- ^ a b c Jacob, John P. (2018). A box of ten photographs. New York: Aperture Foundation. ISBN 978-1-59711-439-4.
- ^ John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. "Fellows. Diane Arbus". Archived November 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved February 4, 2010.
- ^ Kramer, Hilton (June 17, 1972). "Arbus Photos, at Venice, Show Power". The New York Times. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
- ^ "Woman's studies". The Independent. October 18, 1997. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
- ^ Baker, Kenneth (October 19, 2003). "Diane Arbus in a new light / SFMOMA exhibition shatters preconceptions about photographer and her subjects". SFGate. Retrieved March 16, 2019.