Diane Arbus

Diane Arbus was born  March 14, 1923  and died July 26, 1971. She was an American photographer who is noted for her portrait photography of different people and the lives they lead. She focused on different people that society believed to be surreal or 'weird'. For example: transgender, circus performers, dwarfs or giants. 

Diane Nemerov attended the Feildstone School of Ethnical Culture, a prep school. In 1941, at the age of eighteen, she married her childhood sweetheart Allan Arbus.Their first daughter Doon (who would later become a writer), was born in 1945 and their second daughter Amy (who would later become a photographer), was born in 1954. Diane and Allan Arbus separated in 1958, and were divorced in 1969. She encountered many trails and tribulations in her life and committed suicide. 

Her daughter Doon edited a book called 'Diane Arbus' after her death so that her mothers work was published together in one place. This was a tribute to her mother as Doon herself became a photographer and wanted her mothers legacy to be seen by all.