DIANE ARBUS/ A BIOGRAPHY

Diane Arbus's unsettling photographs of dwarves and twins, transvestites and giants, both polarized and inspired, and her work had a lready become legendary when she committed suicide in 1971. This groundbreaking biography examines the private life behind Arbus's c ontroversial art. The book deals with Arbus's pampered Manhattan childhood, her passionate marriage to Allan Arbus, their work toget her as fashion photographers, the emotional upheaval surrounding the end of their marriage, and the radical, liberating, and ultimat ely trag...[Read more]