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Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph

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Diane Arbus is my favorite photographer and this book displays why. Her photographs show life as it is, with diversity around every corner. The images are earie as the subjects seem to be standing right in front of you. That is credited to her technique of using a flash even in the daylight. I reccomend the 25th anniversary edition because of the better quality in the prints. Every photographer or art enthusiast needs this book in their collection!

A friend working in bookstore asked why I'd never mentioned being in Diane Arbus' "book of freaks". Until that moment I didn't know but of course I knew she'd photographed me. (There's a hint!) It was without a doubt one of the most intense experiences of my life. That she often saw what others could not is reflected on every page. She called her subjects aristocrats. I think you must be one to see that quality in another. The photographs taken thirty years ago are timeless.Although the clothing, hairstyles and makeup are from a definite era (sixties) one can hardly imagine the subjects dressed any other way. Arbus has created a nation of anachronisms in her book. There is a definite sense of family, of community from page to page; from a Brooklyn bedroom to a Greenwich Village park bench to a lawn party at Willowbrook. Someone asked me how it felt to be in this "book of freaks". I couldn't answer then. But now I can: Even if your face is not on the pages of Monograph you will find yourself there. Just look.

This is one bizarre book. I love it. The photos are everything from odd to mind-blowing to completeley insane. This is the only book of it's kind that I know of. Its really bizarre. If you want to know whats in it I'll tell you, but I can't hope to represet it's charm altogether accuratley or completely. There are about eighty 8x8 black and white photos of completkey bizarre subjects. Almost completley of people. Everyone has something strange or outstanding about them. Some are obviously wierd, like retatded people and midets. Some are just subtley wierd. Every single photo is a good one. Looking through the pages you just wonder how she managed to get so many great shots without sparing any emotion. Also, there is an excelent foreward by Diane Arbus that explanes her presomal life phelosophy, life experiences, and other stuff. It is written verry casualy and un-traditionally, and is a knockout. Anyone who is interested in some prime people watching should buy this book right now without a second thought. It is realy worth a lot more than the price - I'm not Kidding.

Diane Arbus depicts the "off beaten path" part of society in the most glamorous way possible. She makes the socially unaccepted look completely relaxed and comfortable in front of the camera. I am very lucky to have stumbled upon this book of photographs by Diane Arbus - make yourself lucky also.