Diane Arbus: A Biography
Diane Arbus's unsettling photographs of dwarves and twins, transvestites and giants, both polarized and inspired, and her work had already become legendary when she committed suicide in 1971. This groundbreaking biography examines the private life behind Arbus's controversial art. The book deals with Arbus's pampered Manhattan childhood, her passionate marriage to Allan Arbus, their work together as fashion photographers, the emotional upheaval surrounding the end of their marriage, and the...
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Diane Arbus—now the subject of a national retrospective and a forthcoming movie—was the archetypal artist living on the edge.Publishers WeeklyExamines the life of the famous photographer, which culminated in suicide in 1971, in terms of her famous images of the grotesque and aberrant. (Feb.)
\ Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly\ Examines the life of the famous photographer, which culminated in suicide in 1971, in terms of her famous images of the grotesque and aberrant. (Feb.)\ \
