Life and photographic images
Diane Arbus born March 14 1923 - July 26,1971 was an American Photographer and writer noted for black and white square photographs of people who are not considered 'normal' in everyday society. Arbus believed that a camera should be a little bit cold, a little bit harsh.
In 1946 after the war her and Allan Arbus started a commercial photography buisness. They contributed to Glamour. Vogue and Haper's Bazaar and other magazines although they hated the fashion world.
During the 1960's she taught Photography at the the Pasons School of Design and the Cooper Union in New York City. The first major exhibition of her photographs was at the Museum of Modern Art.
In later years she started using softer light than in her previous photographs, she took a range of photographs of people with intellectual disability's showing a range of emotions. In June 1971 she told Lisette Model that she hated them.
In 1946 after the war her and Allan Arbus started a commercial photography buisness. They contributed to Glamour. Vogue and Haper's Bazaar and other magazines although they hated the fashion world.
During the 1960's she taught Photography at the the Pasons School of Design and the Cooper Union in New York City. The first major exhibition of her photographs was at the Museum of Modern Art.
In later years she started using softer light than in her previous photographs, she took a range of photographs of people with intellectual disability's showing a range of emotions. In June 1971 she told Lisette Model that she hated them.
My views
I do not find Diane Arbus's photos particularly inspiring because I do not see anything really special about her photos, apart from they are people that are not generally excepted in our society or they are just of random people. I understand why people like her photographs because they are completely different to any other famous photographers. The one thing that I do like though is the angles she uses and the framing of her photos. In a lot of her work she keeps a fair bit of the background in, which indicates to me that she could be showing her audience that there is nothing special about a person in the shot. Another thing that I do like is the way she uses lighting. Generally, a subject she wants to focus on is darker than the background by a considerable amount. Although I said the large frame shows that the person is not suppose to stand out, making the subject darker allows people to focus towards them.