Diane Arbus (diːˈæn ˈɑrbəs,[2] March 14, 1923 – July 26, 1971[3]) was an Americanphotographer and writer noted for black-and-white square photographs of "deviant and marginal people (dwarfs, giants, transvestites, nudists, circus performers) or else of people whose normality seems ugly or surreal."[4] A friend said that Arbus said that she was "afraid... that she would be known simply as 'the photographer of freaks'";[5]however, that term has been used repeatedly to describe her.[6][7][8]
In 1972, a year after she committed suicide, Arbus became the first American photographer to have photographs displayed at the Venice Biennale.[9] Millions of people viewed traveling exhibitions of her work in 1972-1979.[3][10] In 2003-2006, Arbus and her work were the subjects of another major traveling exhibition, Diane Arbus Revelations.[11] In 2006, the motion picture Fur, starring Nicole Kidman as Arbus, presented a fictional version of her life story.[12]
Although some of Arbus's photographs have sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars at auction, Arbus's work has provoked controversy; for example, Norman Mailer was quoted in 1971 as saying "Giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like putting a live grenade in the hands of a child."
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