Imprimatur Gallery, Minneapolis
Aperture, Diane Arbus, 1972, n.p.
Arbus, Sussman, Philips, Selkirk and Rosenheim, Diane Arbus: Revelations, pp. 104–05, contact sheet p. 164
Rosenheim, diane arbus: in the beginning, p. 257
Nemervo, Silent Dialogues: Diane Arbus and Howard Nemerov, p. 31
Galassi, American Photography 1890-1965 from The Museum of Modern Art, p. 243
Green, American Photography: A Critical History 1945 to the Present, p. 119
Kismaric, American Children: Photographs from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art, p. 20
American • 1923 - 1971
Transgressing traditional boundaries, Diane Arbus is known for her highly desirable, groundbreaking portraiture taken primarily in the American Northeast during the late 1950s and 1960s. Famous for establishing strong personal relationships with her subjects, Arbus' evocative images capture them in varied levels of intimacy. Whether in their living rooms or on the street, their surreal beauty transcends the common distance found in documentary photography.
Taken as a whole, Arbus' oeuvre presents the great diversity of American society — nudists, twins, babies, beauty queens and giants — while each distinct image brings the viewer into contact with an exceptional individual brought to light through Arbus' undeniable genius.
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