A 1972 retrospective of Diane Arbus’s work, mounted at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) just one year after she took her own life, divided viewers the way few exhibitions ever have. New York Times ...

The myth of American photographer Diane Arbus (1923-71) is remarkably durable. Mention her name and a familiar shorthand materializes. The documenter of "freaks", of outsiders, of those on the very ...

American photographer Diane Arbus was born on March 14, 1923. Known for her images of individuals on the fringes of society, including dwarfs, circus performers, the mentally ill, and transgendered ...

“Diane Arbus’s Jewish Giant,” a new exhibit that opens this Friday at the Jewish Museum, explores the subject of one of Arbus’s most famous photographs, “A Jewish giant at home with his parents, in ...

A projection outside Diane Arbus: Constellation at Park Avenue Armory in New York. I was not allowed to take my own photos of the show. (photo Hakim Bishara/Hyperallergic) The era of Diane Arbus’s ...

NEW YORK — Beginning in 1969 and continuing through the last two years of her life, Diane Arbus traveled regularly by bus to New Jersey to photograph people at residences for the developmentally and ...

Diane Arbus was a daughter of privilege who spent much of her adult life documenting those on the periphery of society. Since she killed herself in 1971, her unblinking portraits have made her a ...

We absolutely have to talk about Diane Arbus. She is one of the most difficult photographers of all time, and one of the most hotly debated. At the time Arbus was alive—1923 to 1971—photography was ...

Radiant Rembrandts, vibrant portraiture of everyday life and uncanny photographs in New York and Boston, to catch before they’re gone, come August and September. By Rachel Sherman Critics compared her ...

Fourteen years ago, the exhibit “Diane Arbus Revelations” at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art brought together nearly 200 of the New York photographer’s often-quirky images, plus contact sheets, ...

The photographer’s largely unseen set of 1960s photos focusing on outcasts of society is now on view at the Smithsonian In 1970, Diane Arbus was a struggling magazine photographer in New York City.