DIANE ARBUS

In May 1971, Artforum, bastion of late modernism, featured the work of a photographer for the very first time. On its cover and in a six-page spread, it published selections from Diane Arbus's portfolio, A box of ten photographs. In the words of the magazines edi tor and photography skeptic, Philip Leider, The portfolio changed everything . . . one could no longer deny [photographys] status as art. At the time of Arbuss death, two months later, only four of the intended edition of fifty had been sold. t the museum from April through...[Read more]