Diane Arbus
Subtitle: in the beginning
By: Jeff L. Rosenheim ; notes from the archive: Karan Rinaldo ; edited by Kamilah Foreman
Contributors: Foreman, Kamilah, editor; Rosenheim, Jeff, writer of supplementary textual content; Rinaldo, Karan, writer of supplementary textual content; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9781588395955
Subjects: In art; Street photography; Exhibitions; Pedestrians; Photography; Criticism and interpretation; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Diane Arbus Archive; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.).; Archives; Artistic Photography; History
Other titles: In the beginning
Description: "Diane Arbus (1923-1971) is one of the most distinctive and provocative artists of the twentieth century. Her photographs of children and eccentrics, couples and circus performers, female impersonators and nudists, are among the most recognizable images of our time. This book is the definitive study of the artist's first seven years of work, from 1956 to 1962. Drawn primarily from the rich holdings of the Metropolitan Museum's Diane Arbus Archive--a remarkable treasury of photographs, negatives, appointment books, notebooks, and correspondence--it is an essential contribution to our understanding of Arbus and her oeuvre. diane arbus: in the beginning showcases over 100 of the artist's early photographs, more than half of which are published here for the first time. The book provides a crucial, in- depth presentation of the artist's genesis, showing Arbus as she developed her evocative and often haunting imagery. The photographs featured in this handsome volume reveal an artist defining her style, honing her subject matter, and in full possession of the many gifts for which she is now recognized the world over." -- Publisher's description
Notes: Catalog of the exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, July 12-November 27, 2016, and at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, January 21-April 30, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-263) and index.
Table of contents: title: director's foreword  -- Thomas P. Campbell; title: introduction  -- Jeff L. Rosenheim; title: in the beginning  -- Jeff L. Rosenheim; title: notes from the archive  -- Karan Rinaldo; title: list of works.