With 454 images arranged with as little order as possible, viewers are encouraged to wander and make their own observations—much like Arbus did on the streets of New York ...

Arbus drew most of her subjects from her native New York City, making this largest-ever collection of her work "feel ...

Now comes Diane Arbus: Portrait of a Photographer (Ecco, 752 pp., **** out of four stars), Arthur Lubow’s big, sharply focused, disturbingly intimate biography.

The life behind the freaks, nudists and other arresting images: ‘Diane Arbus, Portrait of a Photographer,’ by Arthur Lubow. FIREWORKS AND MORE Find where to celebrate the 4th of July this week.

DIANE ARBUS photographed “normal” people, too, but editors wanted her images of naturists, giants, sideshow freaks, transsexuals, triplets and the mentally impaired, and pragmatism turned into ...

Even the most fleeting glance at his oeuvre will tell you that Steven Shainberg has a dark, somewhat tortured side, and a profound understanding of the twisted underbelly of human nature. Hardly a … ...

Diane Arbus was a daughter of privilege who spent much of her adult life documenting those on the periphery of society. Since she killed herself in 1971, her unblinking portraits have made her a ...

In the years since her suicide in 1971 at age 48, photographer Diane Arbus’ reputation as one of the 20th century’s great artists has soared (her 1962 photograph “Child With a Toy Hand ...

Save for her friend and compatriot Naomi Watts, no other A-list actress working today dances around the edges of danger and propriety with the abandon of Nicole Kidman. Whether getting naked on Bro… ...

Diane Arbus: Portrait of a Photographer Arthur Lubow. Ecco, $35 (736p) ISBN 978-0-06-223432-2. With 12 years of scrupulous research and a critic’s eye, Lubow turned a routine magazine assignment ...