Diane Arbus

Diane Arbus is known for creating intense black and white [photographs:art] of very unusual people. She used a special camera that produced square-shaped [images:picture] . Often her subjects look sad, conflicted, or physically abnormal. But they do not try to hide their insecurities. They openly stare at the camera. One art [expert:master] said Diane Arbus turned photography inside out. Instead of looking at her subjects, she made them look at her. Arbus learned to mix the realistic [nature:natural] of photography with its expressive possibilities. She explored how people live [with:about] sameness and difference as well as acceptance and rejection. These combinations created very interesting art that was often disputed.