DOB: March 14 1923
Born into a rich jewish family in New York City, she did not notable suffer the effects of the Great Depression. She attended the Fieldston School for Ethical Culture, later on in life marrying the actor Allan Arbus.
Her photography work started off initially in advertising and fashion, featuring in Vogue and Esquire. Her work then developed to photos of the unusual, dwarfs, giants, transgenders, nudist etc… She became known to some as the Photographer of the Freaks.
She suffered severe depression and in 1971 commit suicide.
Her work was raw and highlight subjects ignored and viewed as distasteful at the time. I admire her confidence in addressing such subjects and ability to take powerful images sensitively and with such honesty.
A Jewish giant at home with his parents in the Bronx, N.Y.C.. 1970
Retired Man and His Wife at Home in a Nudist Camp One Morning, N.J. 1963
Brighton&DIM 
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