Masters of Photography Diane Arbus Part 1

In 1967, when the Museum of Modern Art in New York City presented New Documents -- a major exhibition of the personal visions of several photographers -- the surprise of the show was the work of Diane Arbus. On her own, against the advice of many friends, she had pursued her documentation of people on the fringes of society, and the astonishing in the commonplace. Suddenly she was famous, with students and imitators. By 1972 her work was everywhere, and was featured at the Venice Biennale, where it became, as New York Times critic Hilton Kramer said, the overwhelming sensation of the American Pavilion. But by then Diane Arbus was dead, by her own hand. "Nothing about her life, her photographs or her death was accidental or ordinary," wrote Richard Avedon. "They were mysterious and decisive and unimaginable except to her. Which is the way it is with genius."

This half-hour documentary was made that same year. It explores her work and ideas, often in her own words as spoken by a close friend. It includes reflections by some of the people who knew her best; daughter Doon, teacher Lisette Model, colleague Marvin Israel, and John Szarkowski, at that time the director of the photography department at the Museum of Modern Art.

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[Everywhere2]

"A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know. " - Diane Arbus

[alvarock68]

she is stoned

[srff24]

diane arbus <3

[John27346]

@alvarock68 She's thinking before she speaks. It's a rare thing.

[LightLife4]

@alvarock68 She looks alright to me.

[LightLife4]

I wonder what her daughter does these days?



[fox428]

@alvarock68 thought same thing too :)

[milkmonsterable]

我已经爱上黛安了。

[KarawHesangh1000]

she looks alot like charlize theron ..''AM i crazy??!

[manilashark]

The way she moved her eyes are like Jim Morrison's.

[boilerjack]

I love photography- but as a presenter she is very uninteresting.



[writerman242]

Yes her mother died not long before..always someone has to be trivial...i mena her mother killed herself~!