Diane Arbus

Patricia Bosworth

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Vintage
01 December 2005

Individual photographers; Biography; Biography: general

'Fascinating... A compelling biography...valuable in its insights into the cultural history of the 50s and 60s as well as its understanding of the special place Arbus occupies in it.' Washington Post Book World

Diane Arbus's startling photographic images of dwarfs, twins, transvestites, and freaks seemed from the first to redefine both the normal and the abnormal in our lives; they were already becoming part of the iconography of the age when Arbus committed suicide in 1971. Arbus herself remained an enigma until the publication of this first full biography. Patricia Bosworth examines the life behind the eerie, mesmerizing photographs- Diane's pampered childhood; her passionate marriage to Allan Arbus and their work together as fashion photographers during the fifties; the emotional upheaval surrounding the end of that marriage; and the radically dark, liberating, and ultimately tragic turn Diane's art took during the sixties. Bosworth's engrossing book is a compassionate portrait of the woman behind some of the most powerful photographs of our time.

By: Patricia Bosworth
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 277g
ISBN: 9780099470366
ISBN 10: 0099470365
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 01 December 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Patricia Bosworth has written frequently for the New York Times and Vanity Fair. She is the author of Montgomery Clift: A Biography (1978), Anything Your Little Heart Desires: An American Family Story (1997), Marlon Brando: A Biography (2000).

Reviews for Diane Arbus

"""A biography that seems to have more than enough material for several art legends. Patricia Bosworth has created a spellbinding portrait"" New York Magazine ""Sensitive...detailed...balanced"" New York Times ""An excellent biography"" Times Literary Supplement ""A biography that seems to have more than enough material for several art legends. Patricia Bosworth has created a spellbinding portrait"" New York Magazine ""A spirited biography "" Time"

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