Diane Arbus's 1960s
Subtitle: auguries of experience
By: Frederick Gross
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Minneapolis; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780816670116; 9780816670123
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Photography; Criticism and interpretation; History
Description: Gross (art history, Savannah College of Art and Design) goes against the stereotype of New York photographer Diane Arbus as 'Sylvia Plath with a camera' in this examination of Arbus's work within the cultural, literary, and artistic milieu of the 1960s. The author discusses Arbus's portraits, street scenes, images of madness and disability, and her magazine work, including a spread of portraits of children in the magazine Harper's Bazaar, entitled "Auguries of Innocence." Other photographers, artists, and authors under discussion include Robert Frank, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, Andy Warhol, Roland Barthes, and William Burroughs. The book is for art and photography historians, social and cultural theorists, and lovers of 1960s visual culture. Unfortunately, it contains no photos.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "Sylvia Plath with a camera"; title: Between intention and effect; title: Documentary photography and the positivist social gallery; title: Portraits, pastiche, and magazine work; title: The body in the 1960s; title: Madness, disability, and the "untitled" series; title: The social panorama in context; title: Revelations : darkness and illumination.