Diane Arbus

Diane Arbus

1. Photographer Diane Arbus's distinctive portraits showed the world how crazy (and beautiful) New Yorkers were in the 1950s and '60s.

2. An artistic youth, she learned photography from her husband, actor Allan Arbus.

3. Her raw, unusual images of the people she saw while living in New York created a unique and interesting portrayal of the city. She committed suicide in New York City in 1971.

4. Diane Arbus was one of the most distinctive photographers of the 20th century, known for her eerie portraits and off-beat subjects.

5. Diane Arbus started out in advertising and fashion photography

6. Arbus began to pursue taking photographs of people she found. She visited seedy hotels, public parks, a morgue and other various locales. These unusual images had a raw quality, and several of them found their way into the July 1960 issue of Esquire magazine

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