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Diane Arbus

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One of photography's most original artists examines the celebrities of her time in a remarkable collection of portraits. Diane Arbus: Magazine Work presents more than one hundred portraits and features profiles Arbus wrote to accompany her pictures. Luminaries include Jayne Mansfield, Mae West, William Golding, Susan Sontag, Norman Mailer, and many others.Diane Arbus: Magazine Work reveals the growth of an artist who posed no artificial boundary between art and the paying job, and who succeeded, regardless of the outlet, in putting her own uncompromising, indelible stamp on the visual imagination.

An essay by Thomas W. Southall discusses the importance of Arbus's magazine work to her evolving vision.

Synopsis:

One of photography's most original artist examines the celebrites of her time in a remarkable collection of portraits in this reissue.
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About the Author

Diane Arbus, born in 1923, studied with Alexey Brodovitch and Lisette Model. In 1972, the Museum of Modern Art held a major posthumous retrospective of her photographs. At that time, she was a legary and respected figure in the world of photography.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780893812331
Subtitle:
Magazine Work
Editor:
Israel, Marvin
Editor:
Arbus, Doon
Editor:
Israel, Marvin
Author:
Arbus, Diane
Editor:
Arbus, Doon
Publisher:
Aperture
Location:
New York
Subject:
Individual Photographer
Subject:
Photography
Subject:
Photo Essays
Subject:
Celebrities
Subject:
Photography, Artistic
Subject:
Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions
Subject:
Portrait photography
Subject:
Commercial photography
Subject:
Arbus, diane, 1923-1971
Subject:
Magazine illustration.
Subject:
Photojournalism
Subject:
Individual Photographers - General
Series Volume:
107
Publication Date:
August 2001
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
175
Dimensions:
11.03x9.16x.54 in. 1.99 lbs.
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