Diane Arbus

Arbus was a New York City born photographer. She became recognised for her work on marginalising people in the community. She pointed her camera towards "Freaks" and people that may be considered outcasts to society and made portraits of them. This aspect of her work  caused some controversy as she was seen to be exploiting the mentally ill. The reality of it is that Diane Arbus later went on to commit suicide in 1969. There is reason to believe that what she was doing was not so much exploiting people but capturing elements of her own mental health and personality through her subjects. She perhaps saw herself in these people.

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