originDiane Arbus, born march 14th 1923. she was an American photographer who is widely known for her portrayal of New Yorkers in the 1950s and the 1960s.
Lubow, Arthur (September 14, 2003). "Arbus Reconsidered". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved November 1, 2018. In 1963 the Guggenheim Foundation awarded Arbus a fellowship for her proposal entitled, "American Rites, Manners and Customs". She was awarded a renewal of her fellowship in 1966. the director of photography at the museum of modern art took a liking to Dianes work and included her work in his 1967 exhibit "New Documents" along with the work of Lee Friedlander and Garry Winogrand. Diane Arbus passed away on July 26th,1971 as result of suicide. In 1972, a year after her suicide, Arbus became the first photographer to be included in the Venice Biennale. |
Style
Diane Arbus is widely known for her portrayal of New Yorkers in the 1950s and the 1960s. She photographed a wide range of subjects including strippers, carnival performers, nudists, people with dwarfism, children, mothers, couples, elderly people, and middle-class families. tessa Declaro wrote "She is noted for expanding notions of acceptable subject matter and violates canons of the appropriate distance between photographer and subject. By befriending, not objectifying her subjects, she was able to capture in her work a rare psychological intensity." DeCarlo, Tessa (May 2004). "A Fresh Look at Diane Arbus". Smithsonian magazine. Retrieved December 13, 2017. in a 2003 New York Times Magazine article, "Arbus Reconsidered", Arthur Lubow states, "She was fascinated by people who were visibly creating their own identities—cross-dressers, nudists, sideshow performers, tattooed men, the nouveaux riches, the movie-star fans—and by those who were trapped in a uniform that no longer provided any security or comfort."
Lubow, Arthur (September 14, 2003). "Arbus Reconsidered". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
Lubow, Arthur (September 14, 2003). "Arbus Reconsidered". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
Philosophy
Diane was fascinated by people who were visibly creating their own identities such as cross-dressers, nudists, sideshow performers, tattooed men, the nouveaux riches, and movie-star fans. she believed in expanding what was acceptable in photography.
Influences
I think i took a harder route by choosing a photographer that photographs people but Diane Arbus's art influenced me because of the candid rawness her pictures give. her work looks natural and effortless. I also like the use of uncanny elements she uses such as the first image where the man is headless which she has done before many times. I like the emotion the pictures give off.
woman with a headless dummy
this is defenitley my favorite. I made a shadow cast from one side to mimic the picture as well as editing the head off of the man in the background. one thing that is different is I didn't have mirrors in the background like the original image. I also didn't have a man in a suit so I took a separate picture of my dad in a suit and edited him in.
blonde girl with shiny lipstick
I wanted to do this picture using my face because it would have been easiest because I am blonde but instead I had my friend Adrienne model for it. I wish I could have gotten the background to be black but I couldn't figure it out in photoshop.another thing that is different is that the original one has a light source from the left.
A woman with a peral necklace
it was hard to find pieces that looked similar to the ones the woman is wearing in the picture but I think I did good matching it. for her hat we obviously didn't have anything like it because it was probably from the 1920s so instead we have a sun hat. I then got the most stripey shirt I could find in my moms closet.
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girl with a headless dummy
Blonde girl
my mother with a feral necklace
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Artist statement
I think the photographer I chose for this project was more difficult than others because she was photographing people aswell as the time period being 1920. it was kind of difficult to recreate the clothing in the pictures because of this especially in the third photo. in the "woman with a headless dummy" photo I thought the woman photographed looked kinda like my friend Sabine and that is who chose to recreate the picture with. for the "blonde girl with shiny lipstick" photo I would have preferred to have been the model for it but I can't take pictures of myself so I had to find another blonde. I chose my mom for the third photo because she has curly hair and she also has eyebrow wrinkles when she looks mad.
Sources
DeCarlo, Tessa (May 2004). "A Fresh Look at Diane Arbus". Smithsonian magazine. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
Lubow, Arthur (September 14, 2003). "Arbus Reconsidered". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
Lubow, Arthur (September 14, 2003). "Arbus Reconsidered". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
Images
Woman with a headless dummy
https://www.artnet.com/artists/diane-arbus/woman-with-a-headless-dummy-nyc-1956-a-tLEEhRYw9_K5e69y2sr1Yg2
Blonde girl with shiny lipstick
https://www.artnet.com/artists/diane-arbus/blonde-woman-with-shiny-lipstick-nyc-a-k1P1E3UrGiT7Hw5HY4JRyw2
A woman with a pearl necklace
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/306258
https://www.artnet.com/artists/diane-arbus/woman-with-a-headless-dummy-nyc-1956-a-tLEEhRYw9_K5e69y2sr1Yg2
Blonde girl with shiny lipstick
https://www.artnet.com/artists/diane-arbus/blonde-woman-with-shiny-lipstick-nyc-a-k1P1E3UrGiT7Hw5HY4JRyw2
A woman with a pearl necklace
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/306258