![]() ![]() The world seemed to me to belong to the world. It was as if I didn’t inherit my own kingdom for a long time. And the sense of being immune was, ludicrous as it seems, a painful one. I was confirmed in a sense of unreality which I could only feel as unreality. “One of the things I felt I suffered from as a kid was I never felt adversity. She was educated at a prep school in New York, and because of her family’s wealth and social status, she would not feel the effects of the Great Depression, something she expressed thoughts on and which lingered in her conscience. She grew up in Central Park West and came from a wealthy family who immigrated to New York City and owned Russek’s, a popular Fifth Avenue Department store. ![]() The Early Yearsĭiane Nemerov was born in New York City in 1923. “… There are things which nobody would see unless I photographed them.” – Diane Arbus. With a resonant sense of empathy and curiosity, Diane Arbus’s photographs explore the depths of the human psyche and present an aesthetic that, since her time and to this day, provide a unique and intimate way of seeing the strange beauty in the world. ![]() Working with a diverse group of people and through bizarre compositions and jarring appearances, Arbus found a thread of human dignity in every one of her subjects. In her relatively short career, a little over a decade, she was capable of creating rich human connections by portraying the unadorned sitter and hypnotizing the viewer, transcending all sorts of social traditions and decorum. Subsequently, Arbus became the prototypical creative radical who inspired many generations. “(Arbus’s) work has had such an influence on other photographers that it is already hard to remember how original it was.” – Art Critic, Robert Hughes, Time Magazine 1972 The Creative RadicalĪs an American woman in the 20th century, Diane Arbus represents the inquisitive spirit of the artist, ever yearning to find a more profound sense of life in the world. In our modern era, it’s not surprising she’s considered by many to be one of the most original and influential pioneers of photography as a salient and pivotal character in the medium’s history. Still, Arbus’s aesthetic was the opposite of this. In the 1950s, American artists were creating images of post-WWII affluence with an exterior of conformism, prosperity, and abundance. Broadening Sensibilities in Post-WWII Americaĭiane Arbus’s unapologetic, intimate, and candid pictures of persons considered to be living on the margins of society pushed and ultimately helped broaden social and artistic sensibilities in the America of the 1950s to 1970s. ![]()
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