Famous Photographer Quote #0341

“One of the risks of appearing in public is the likelihood of being photographed.”

Diane Arbus

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6 thoughts on “Famous Photographer Quote #0341”

Lezlie Gwynn on March 11, 2017 at 5:04 pm said:

It was a risk, at times, that Arbus took extravagantly and outrageously herself. An enigma indeed. But she was absolutely committed to her art. She stood at the edge of the abyss peering into it constantly, until it consumed her and swallowed her whole.

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- O. Bisogno Scotti on March 13, 2017 at 2:22 pm said:
  
  Her bravery was nonpareil. She went where only men had gone before, and paid the ultimate price.
  
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jamesfitzpatrickphotography on September 19, 2017 at 5:08 pm said:

She was an unhappy woman in a man’s world, with little female comradeship. Things have hardly changed

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- O. Bisogno Scotti on September 23, 2017 at 9:26 pm said:
  
  Yes she must have been unhappy to end her life early. Diane and her husband Allan Arbus had a thriving commercial studio, but she wan’t cut our for that. The problem was she was at least 30 years ahead of her time.
  
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  - jamesfitzpatrickphotography on September 24, 2017 at 3:49 am said:
    
    And WeeGee was 30 ahead of her. I think she never found the special someone who helped her in her private life, someone outside photography. Maybe she couldn’t be helped, maybe she didn’t want help. Only she knew
    
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  - O. Bisogno Scotti on September 25, 2017 at 12:45 am said:
    
    Yes, Diane Arbus is an enigma. I think she wanted it that way.
    
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