PHOTOGRAPHER

Diane Arbus

1923 - 1971

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Diane Arbus (; née Nemerov; March 14, 1923 – July 26, 1971) was an American photographer. She photographed a wide range of subjects including strippers, carnival performers, nudists, people with dwarfism, children, mothers, couples, elderly people, and middle-class families. She photographed her subjects in familiar settings: their homes, on the street, in the workplace, in the park. "She is noted for expanding notions of acceptable subject matter and violates canons of the appropriate distance between photographer and subject. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Diane Arbus is the 21st most popular photographer (down from 20th in 2019), the 2,211th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,648th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Photographer.

Diane Arbus is most famous for her photographs of people on the margins of society.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Diane Arbus ranks 21 out of 148. Before her are Brassaï, Wilhelm von Gloeden, Yousuf Karsh, Nobuyoshi Araki, Elliott Erwitt, and Gunter Sachs. After her are Alfred Stieglitz, Josef Koudelka, Richard Avedon, August Sander, Irving Penn, and André Kertész.

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Among people born in 1923, Diane Arbus ranks 83. Before her are Frederick Herzberg, Valentina Cortese, Conrad Bain, Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, Lloyd Shapley, and Ousmane Sembène. After her are Glynis Johns, Reinhart Koselleck, Robert Maxwell, Leonid Gaidai, Stig Dagerman, and Lola Flores. Among people deceased in 1971, Diane Arbus ranks 46. Before her are Pier Angeli, W. O. Bentley, Gregorio Pietro Agagianian, Paul Lévy, Mathilde Kschessinska, and Georgy Dobrovolsky. After her are Raoul Hausmann, Van Heflin, Heinz Lammerding, Richard Russell Jr., Helene Weigel, and Dean Acheson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Diane Arbus ranks 2,211 out of 20,380. Before her are Kit Bond (1939), John Hammond (1910), Alan Alda (1936), Dave Mustaine (1961), Blythe Danner (1943), and Nelly (1974). After her are Busta Rhymes (1972), Michael Rooker (1955), Vera Miles (1929), Julia Child (1912), Nathan Rosen (1909), and Wes Anderson (1969).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Diane Arbus ranks 3. Before her are Vivian Maier (1926), and Annie Leibovitz (1949). After her are Alfred Stieglitz (1864), Richard Avedon (1923), Irving Penn (1917), Carl Van Vechten (1880), Nan Goldin (1953), William Klein (1928), Robert Mapplethorpe (1946), Berenice Abbott (1898), and Lewis Hine (1874).

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