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Diane Arbus

1923-1971 (USA)

DIANE ARBUS MADE HER LIVING AS A COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF CELEBRITIES, MEANWHILE PURSUING HER ARTISTIC INTERESTS IN CREATING INTENSELY INSIGHTFUL PORTRAITS OF PEOPLE FROM MARGINALISED GROUPS IN SOCIETY.

INCLUDED IN THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART’S ‘NEW DOCUMENTS’ EXHIBITION IN 1967 AS ONE OF A ‘NEW GENERATION OF DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHERS’ SHE WENT ON TO BECOME THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHER TO BE REPRESENTED IN THE VENICE BIENNALE IN 1972, A YEAR AFTER HER DEATH. ALSO IN 1972, SHE WAS GRANTED A RETROSPECTIVE AT MOMA WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY SOME 7 MILLION PEOPLE. ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY, HER WORK HAS BEEN DISPLAYED IN VIRTUALLY EVERY ART INSTITUTION OF NOTE IN AMERICA, THE UK AND EUROPE AND IS REPRESENTED IN THE COLLECTIONS OF OVER 60 MUSEUMS WORLDWIDE.