Thursday, August 09, 2007

"A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know"


"Judgment rarely marked her work; only an eagle's eye for composition and for the perfect moment – as well as her sympathy for people she likely saw, oddly given her background, as fellow outsiders."

"July 1971, Arbus committed suicide in Greenwich Village at the age of 48 by ingesting a large quantity of barbiturates and then slashing her wrists. Rumor held that she photographed her suicide, but no photos were discovered."

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