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Diane Arbus - College Paper

Diane Arbus

Diane Nemerov was born in 1923 in New York City. Her father owned a fashionable Fifth Avenue department store called Russeks. His wife, Gertrude Russeks', family founded it and it is now defunct. The family lived in an apartment on Central Park West as they were comfortably wealthy. They were a very prosperous family which lead to Diane's sheltered childhood. She was educated at the Fieldstone and Ethical Culture schools which were very progressive institutes. This meant an overly protective, overly organized childhood during which she broke the monotony and boredom by being naughty. She defied the security provided by her family and school by doing the don't-do's.
Diane's paternal ...

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Corps photography school at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Each night when he returned home, he would teach Diane what he had learned in a makeshift darkroom set up in their bathroom. After the war and sampling other careers, they both worked in the fashion industry as photographers. Their first account was for Diane's father's store. They went on to become a successful photographic team for almost 20 years. They had two daughters together, Doon and Amy.
In 1957 she realized that there was more to life and photography than helping Allan do his thing. She began to understand that a woman could have her own photographic style and do her own work. She was very relieved by this realization. Diane's artistic career initiated in 1959 when she started studying photography with Lisette Model. It was also during the summer of 1959 that Diane and Allan ceased living together. After the dissolution of her marriage, Diane embarked on a wild, erotic quest to rejoin humanity. With her new ...

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PAPER DETAILS

Added: 11/10/2004 02:52:28 AM
Category: World History
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 999
Pages: 4

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