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Diana Albers

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Diane Arbus (; née Nemerov; March 14, 1923 – July 26, 1971) was an American photographer. She photographed a wide range of subjects including strippers, carnival performers, nudists, people with dwarfism, children, mothers, couples, elderly people, and middle-class families. 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." In his 2003 New York Times Magazine article, "Arbus Reconsidered", Arthur Lubow states, "She was fascinated by people who were visibly creating their

Category
Artists
Nationality
United States
Born
1923-03-14
Died
1971-07-26
Wikidata
Q234608
Occupations photographerfashion photographerartist
Aliases Diane ArbusDiane Nemerov ArbusDiane nee NemerovDiane née NemerovDiane ArbusDiane ArbusDiana Albers

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