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Diane Arbus (March 14, 1923 – July 26, 1971) was an American photographer. Arbus worked to normalize marginalized groups and highlight the importance of proper representation of all people. She worked with a wide range of subjects including; strippers, carnival performers, nudists, dwarves, children, mothers, couples, elderly people, and middle-class families. She photographed her subjects in familiar settings: their homes, on the street, in the workplace, in the park. "She is noted for expanding notions of acceptable subject matter and violates canons of the appropriate distance between photographer and subject. By befriending, not objectifying her subjects, she was able to capture in her work a rare psychological intensity." In his 2003 New York Times Magazine article, "Arbus Reconsidered," Arthur Lubow states, "She was fascinated by people who were visibly creating their own identities—cross-dressers, nudists, sideshow performers, tattooed men, the nouveaux riches, the movie-star fans—and by those who were trapped in a uniform that no longer provided any security or comfort." Michael Kimmelman writes in his review of the exhibition Diane Arbus Revelations, that her work "transformed the art of photography (Arbus is everywhere, for better and worse, in the work of artists today who make photographs)".

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Born	Diane Nemerov 14 March 1923 New York City
Died	26 July 1971 (aged 48) Greenwich Village, NY, USA
Zodiac	Pisces
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Allan Arbus 1918-2013 American actor and photographer · m. 1941; div. 1969 info edit

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Doon Arbus info 1st child with Allan Arbus Female b. 3 Apr 1945 Age: 80 1945- American journalist

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Amy info 2nd child with Allan Arbus Female b. 16 Apr 1954 Age: 71 1954- Celebrity Baby

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