Diane Arbus was born on March 14th 1923 and committed suicide on July 26th 1971 aged 48. An American photographer and writer, she was known for her Black & White square photographs of deviant and marginal people, and was often referred to a photographer of freaks.
When she was 18 she married her childhood sweetheart, Alan Arbus and together in 1946 they set up a photography business contributing to Glamour, Vogue and Harpurs Bazaar.
In 1956 she quit the business and went on to study photography with Lisette Model, where she developed her own unique style. From this point she worked on assignment for the big magazines usiing a Nikon 35mm camera, but in 1962 she switched to a twin-lens reflex rolliflex camera which produced square images.
In 1963 she was awarded the Guggenheim fellowship for a project on American rites and customs.
Throughout her life Diane Arbus experienced periods of severe depression and on July26th 1971 she took her own life by ingesting barbituates and slashing her wrists with a razer. Her body was found in the bathtub two days later.
One of her more notable images was
child with toy hand grenade, Central Park
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debraburgess-lim LRPS
an inspirational woman, thank you for sharing more about her
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