Diane Arbus

Diane Arbus (née Nemerov; 1923–1971) was an American photographer renowned for her intimate and often provocative portraits. Born into a wealthy New York City family, she grew up insulated from the Great Depression, a privilege that perhaps fueled her later fascination with lives far removed from her own. Her early career began in commercial fashion photography with her husband, Allan Arbus, but she quickly grew dissatisfied with its superficiality. It was her studies with L…