Diane Arbus
A Waitress in a Nudist Camp in New Jersey, c. 1963
Gelatin silver print
15 x 14 3/4 in. (38.1 x 37.5 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Diane Arbus
A husband and wife in the woods at a nudist camp, N.J., c. 1963
Gelatin silver print
21.5 × 19.6 cm (8 1/2 × 7 3/4 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
Transgressing traditional boundaries, Diane Arbus is known for her highly desirable, groundbreaking portraiture taken primarily in the American Northeast during the late 1950s and 1960s. Famous for establishing strong personal relationships with her subjects, Arbus' evocative images capture them in varied levels of intimacy. More on this photograph
Diane Arbus
Nudist lady with swan sunglasses, Pa., c. 1965
Gelatin silver print
14 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. (36.8 x 37.5 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Among Diane Arbus’s most celebrated studies of nudist life, this photograph was one of five on the subject included in the Museum of Modern Art’s New Documents, an influential 1967 group show that featured her work. More on this photograph
Diane Arbus 1923–1971
Young Girl at Nudist Camp, c. 1965
Gelatin silver print
14½ h × 14½ w in (37 × 37 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Diane Arbus 1923–1971
A Family One Evening in a Nudist Camp, Pennsylvania, c. 1965
Gelatin silver print
41.9 x 39.4 cm (16 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches)
RISD Museum
Diane Arbus told stories
that had previously gone untold. Disrupting ideas of photographic portraiture,
she photographed people who were cast out from the mainstream such as
transvestites, nudists or circus performers. As in Girl
in a coat lying on her bed, NYC, Arbus keeps subjects unnamed, but
specifies data on their location and activity. She was one of the first to
cross the boundary between editorial photography and the museum,
establishing photography as a collectible medium.
Unfortunately, she did
not live to see her full impact on the art world. A year after committing
suicide, her works were shown at the 1972 Venice Biennale, making her the first
American photographer to have pictures featured at the event. She’s
now considered one of the most important photographers of the 20th-century,
with her artworks realizing a total of $2,007,598 at auction last year. More on Diane Arbus
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