Diane Arbus
Diane Arbus
Diane Arbuswas an American photographer and writer noted for photographs of marginalized people—dwarfs, giants, transgender people, nudists, circus performers —and others whose normality was perceived by the general populace as ugly or surreal...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth14 March 1923
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
longer looking proof stillness turn
They are the proof of something was there and no longer is.Like a stain. And the stillness of them is boggling. You can turn away but when you come back they'll still be there looking at you.
belief believes deception easier man
Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.
choices deep developer haunting mean mostly moves mysterious paper somebody time
What moves me about...what's called technique...is that it comes from some mysterious deep place. I mean it can have something to do with the paper and the developer and all that stuff, but it comes mostly from some very deep choices somebody has made that take a long time and keep haunting them.
life motivational softball
Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.
important way done
It's important to take bad pictures. It's the bad ones that have to do with what you've never done before. They can make you recognize something you hadn't seen in a way that will make you recognize it when you see it again.
photography adventure thinking
I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.
inspirational photography believe
I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.
inspirational photography philosophical
A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.
inspirational photography night
Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.
quality answers demand
There's a quality of legend about freaks. Like a person in a fairy tale who stops you and demands that you answer a riddle.
photography people tests
Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats.
photography mean arranging-things
I work from awkwardness. By that I mean I don't like to arrange things. If I stand in front of something, instead of arranging it, I arrange myself.
should-have people ironic
Everybody has that thing where they need to look one way but they come out looking another way and that's what people observe. You see someone on the street and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw. It's just extraordinary that we should have been given these peculiarities. Something is ironic in the world and it has to do with the fact that what you intend never comes out like you intend it.
mean thinking boredom
The Chinese have a theory that you pass through boredom into fascination and I think it's true. I would never choose a subject for what it means to me or what I think about it. You've just got to choose a subject - and what you feel about it, what it means, begins to unfold if you just plain choose a subject and do it enough.