Diane Arbus
Portrait of a Photographer
$108.91
- Hardcover
752 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2016
Summary
A revelatory biography of the uncompromising photographer, Diane Arbus
Diane Arbus was one of the greatest photographers of the last century. Her portraiture of freaks, circus performers, twins, nudists, and others on the social margins connected with a wide public at a deep psychological level. Her suicide in New York in 1971 overshadowed the reception to her work. Her posthumous exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art a year later drew lines around the block.
She was born int…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780224097703 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0224097709 |
| Author: | Arthur Lubow |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Jonathan Cape |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 752 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2016 |
| Weight: | 1.32kg |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 162mm x 48mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
[A] fascinating biography … Lubow has performed miracles in gleaning so much fascinating material from Arbus’s friends, colleagues and assistants
[A] fascinating biography… Lubow has performed miracles in gleaning so much fascinating material from Arbus’s friends, colleagues and assistants – Lynn Barber * Sunday Times *[A] Deeply researched, sometimes prurient, new biography. – Sean O’Hagan * Observer *Lubow’s excavation of the private life of a great artist is…welcome. – Olivia Cole * New Statesman *It paints a convincing picture of a lost soul. – Bryan Appleyard * Spectator *
About The Author
Arthur Lubow
Arthur Lubow is a journalist in New York who has been a staff writer for Newsweek, Vanity Fair and New Yorker.
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