Bosworth, Patricia

Diane Arbus : a biography / Patricia Bosworth ; with a new afterword by the author - New York : W.W. Norton , c2005. - xii, 368 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Prev. ed. published: 1984.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-353) and index.

In this first full biography of her, photographer Diane Arbus (1923- 1971) is profiled, beginning with her childhood in New York, marriage and collaboration with Allan Arbus, work as a fashion photographer in the 1950s, life as a wife and mother, ultimate end to her marriage, and works during the 1960s, which focused on eccentric people, dwarfs, twins, and transvestites. Bosworth, who was a friend of Arbus, is an author and contributing editor of Vanity Fair.

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Arbus, Diane , 1923-1971


Photographers---United States----Biography

TR140.A73 / B67 2005

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