diane arbus
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A presentation for my photography class at The University of Texas at Dallas.TRANSCRIPT
DIANE ARBUS 1923-1971
Born Diane (Dee-Ann) Nemerov in New York to a wealthy Jewish family.
BIOGRAPHY ••
1923
Born Diane (Dee-Ann) Nemerov in New York to a wealthy Jewish family.
BIOGRAPHY ••
1923
1941 Married Allan Arbus at age 18. Her father hired them to make advertisement / fashion photographs for his department store.
Born Diane (Dee-Ann) Nemerov in New York to a wealthy Jewish family.
BIOGRAPHY ••
1923
1941
1955
Married Allan Arbus at age 18. Her father hired them to make advertisement / fashion photographs for his department store.
Studied under Lisette Model at The New School (NY) for 2 years , developing her “documentary eye” and documented transvestites, twins, midgets, and asylum inmates.
Born Diane (Dee-Ann) Nemerov in New York to a wealthy Jewish family.
BIOGRAPHY ••
1923
1941
1955
1960
Married Allan Arbus at age 18. Her father hired them to make advertisement / fashion photographs for his department store.
Studied under Lisette Model at The New School (NY) for 2 years , developing her “documentary eye” and documented transvestites, twins, midgets, and asylum inmates.
Worked as a photojournalist. Got published in Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Sunday Times, and others.
BIOGRAPHY ••
Received Guggenheim Fellowships for American Rites, Manners and Customs project.
1963& 1966
BIOGRAPHY ••
Received Guggenheim Fellowships for American Rites, Manners and Customs project.
1963
1967 Work mounted in New Documents show at Museum of Modern Art, NY
& 1966
BIOGRAPHY ••
Received Guggenheim Fellowships for American Rites, Manners and Customs project.
1963
1967
1971
Work mounted in New Documents show at Museum of Modern Art, NY
Committed suicide at age 48 by cutting herself and overdosing
& 1966
Waist-level viewfinder helped connect with the subjects
TECHNIQUE
TECHNIQUE
Experimented with use of flash in daylight to make her subjects stand out more against the background
Waist-level viewfinder helped connect with the subjects
TECHNIQUE
Spent hours with her subjects, followed them home and talked to them to loosen them up so they quit acting, act natural, and are “unmasked.”
Experimented with use of flash in daylight to make her subjects stand out more against the background
Waist-level viewfinder helped connect with the subjects
TECHNIQUE
Spent hours with her subjects, followed them home and talked to them to loosen them up so they quit acting, act natural, and are “unmasked.”
Experimented with use of flash in daylight to make her subjects stand out more against the background
Waist-level viewfinder helped connect with the subjects
Subjects are in focus and look directly at the camera with frontal lighting and/or flash, which makes them look “eager to reveal their flaws.”
INSIGHT
“Freaks was a thing I photographed a lot … It was one of the first things I photographed...
Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats.
What I'm trying to describe is that it's impossible to get out of your skin into somebody else's.... That somebody else's tragedy is not the same as your own.
FAMOUS WORK
1962Child with a Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park, NY
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Identical Twins, Roselle, New Jersey 1967••••
Jewish Giant at Home with His Parents in The Bronx, NY 1970••••
Masked Woman in a Wheelchair, PA 1970••••
MIDGETS
TRANSVESTITES
“A BOX OF TEN PHOTOGRAPHS”
RANDOM
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Heilbrunn Timeline of Art Historyhttp://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ndoc/ho_2007.509.htm
Photography-Now – International Fine Art Photography Indexhttp://photography-now.net/listings/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=350&Itemid=334
Jewish Virtual Library – A Division of The American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprisehttp://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/arbus.html
Diane Arbus Photographyhttp://diane-arbus-photography.com/
RESOURCES