Diane Arbus
Portrait of a Photographer

This is quite an incredible book. Lubow spent a decade on this book after writing an article about Diane Arbus in the New York Times Sunday magazine. The sheer amount of research and reporting that went into this book is amazing and he provides incredible detail on her relationships with her family,......more

Brilliant is a word that aptly describes both Diane Arbus and this bio of her life. I can't begin to imagine the amount of dedication and time Arthur Lubow must have put into researching this book because the detailed account of her life from childhood to its' tragic ending is absolutely mind blowin......more

Not a review of the book itself, which is highly researched, very well-written, all that. Just for my own personal reference...I didn't like Arbus herself. I know she's sensitive and beguiling and brilliant and all that but by the time I'd gotten halfway through she was still nothing more than a sel......more

Groan--600 pages about a woman who in life must have been a drain on anyone she chose to attach herself to or who felt inclined to be involved with. She is the second prominent New Yorker of Russian Jewish heritage who had no problem with incest--in her case, her brother, in the case of Stella Adler......more

You can tell a lot about a person from the index in their biography – Photography - Of the circus - Of dwarves - Ethnic beauties - Of female impersonators - Of institutional residents - Of nudists - Of orgies - Of sex - Of transvestites - Of triplets and twins When she photographed nudists she participated, wea......more