Diane Arbus
Albino Sword Swallower at a Carnival
A Young Waitress at a Nudist Camp
Fat Man at Carnival
Stripper with bare breasts sitting in her dressing room
Diane Arbus is absolutely phenomenal. She had such a beautiful way of looking into the lives of people that we never get to see. She did so much work with people in the circus, people with abnormalities, and people in the nude. She was able to get in and photograph people when they were in such vulnerable states which I highly admire. This must have taken her being vulnerable as well. Her photographs provoke such emotion and are known to be very provocative, possibly scaring off some people who look at her photographs. She started off in fashion photography with her husband in New York and ended up finding her way to the work she did later on which is far outside of those realms. I also love her work with the twins and other photographs of people being their true selves. Having found myself drawn to more unique people and this type of photography, I really look up to Diane Arbus. However, her work eventually caught up with her when she ended her life.