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Diane Arbus
Arthur Lubow
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Description for Diane Arbus
Hardcover. Diane Arbus was one of the greatest photographers of the last century. Her portraiture of freaks, circus performers, twins, nudists and others on the social margins connected with a wide public at a deep psychological level. This biography begins at the moment Arbus quit the world of commercial photography to be an artist, and ends with her death. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: AJB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 166 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1326.
Diane Arbus was one of the greatest photographers of the last century. Her portraiture of freaks, circus performers, twins, nudists and others on the social margins connected with a wide public at a deep psychological level. Her suicide in New York in 1971 overshadowed the reception to her work. Her posthumous exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art a year later drew lines around the block. She was born into a Russian-Jewish family, the Nemerovs, who owned a department store on Fifth Avenue. They were family friends with the Avedons. Richard Avedon later championed Arbus's work. Avedon ... Read more
Diane Arbus was one of the greatest photographers of the last century. Her portraiture of freaks, circus performers, twins, nudists and others on the social margins connected with a wide public at a deep psychological level. Her suicide in New York in 1971 overshadowed the reception to her work. Her posthumous exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art a year later drew lines around the block. She was born into a Russian-Jewish family, the Nemerovs, who owned a department store on Fifth Avenue. They were family friends with the Avedons. Richard Avedon later championed Arbus's work. Avedon ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Condition
New
Number of Pages
752
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780224097703
SKU
V9780224097703
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About Arthur Lubow
Arthur Lubow is a journalist in New York who has been a staff writer for Newsweek, Vanity Fair and New Yorker.
Reviews for Diane Arbus
[A] fascinating biography... Lubow has performed miracles in gleaning so much fascinating material from Arbus's friends, colleagues and assistants
Lynn Barber
Sunday Times
[A] Deeply researched, sometimes prurient, new biography.
Sean O'Hagan
Observer
Lubow's excavation of the private life of a great artist is...welcome.
Olivia Cole
New ... Read more
Lynn Barber
Sunday Times
[A] Deeply researched, sometimes prurient, new biography.
Sean O'Hagan
Observer
Lubow's excavation of the private life of a great artist is...welcome.
Olivia Cole
New ... Read more