Diane Arbus
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Biography
Diane Arbus 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.
"I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them."
"The thing that's important to know is that you never know. You're always sort of feeling your way."
"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."
"Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice."
"The more specific you are the more general it'll be."
"A picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know."
"One thing that struck me early is that you don’t put into a photograph what’s going to come out. Or, vice versa, what comes out is not what you put in."
"For me, the subject of the picture is always more important than the picture."
"What I'm trying to describe is that it's impossible to get out of your skin into somebody else's.... That somebody else's tragedy is not the same as your own."
"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."
"Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience."
"One of the risks of appearing in public is the likelihood of being photographed."
"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."
"You see someone on the street and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw."
"My favorite thing is to go where I have never gone."
"My favourite thing is to go where I've never been."