Backtrack

I always keep forgetting about this. But I guess here it is - works by the artist I chose to write a biography-like report on: Diane Arbus.

Identical Twins, Roselle, New Jersey


Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park, NY

Jewish Giant at Home With His Parents in The Bronx, NY

What makes Diane Arbus one of the most influential photographer of the 20th Century? I guess Diane Arbus' ability to capture the strangeness in what is supposedly a ordinary and normal, and on the same note, capture the humanity of life in something that is so exotic and bizarre would be part of the answer. Through her images, she challenged us to the question of "What is normal" - there is no longer a standard blue print of how families and homes should be like.

It was just too bad, and a loss to the photography world that Arbus' creations ended there, as it was seen as some of the most revolutionary images of her time. However, her time ended just too soon - nearly as soon as it 'really' started.