Diane Arbus [Paperback]

Patricia Bosworth (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Avon Books (P); First Edition edition (August 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380699273
• ISBN-13: 978-0380699278
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,440,249 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very Informative Insight into Arbus' World, May 25, 2004

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Megan A. Burns "meganaburns" (new orleans, louisiana United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Diane Arbus (Paperback)

This book takes you on a journey through the complex life of Diane Arbus and shows how a sensitive and fierce photographer developed her own style. Arbus grew up wealthy, but married against her parent's wishes. She struggled with her husband to make money and raise their daughter. Both worked in fashion photography before they split and Arbus began to pursue her own interests in photography. The book captures her psychological yearning to both explore with her camera and be accepted as a professional artist who happened to be a single mother. Arbus also battled depressions that seemed to run in her family, and her career was ultimately impacted by these despressions and her suicide. She wanted to photograph every face in the world, and she tried to capture something unique that only she saw behind her lens.