Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph: 50th Anniversary Edition

Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph: 50th Anniversary EditionWhen Diane Arbus died in 1971 at the age of 48, she was already a significant influence even something of a legend for serious photographers, although only a relatively small number of her most important pictures were widely known at the time. The publication of Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph in 1972 along with the posthumous retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art offered the general public its first encounter with the breadth and power of her

When Diane Arbus died in 1971 at the age of 48, she was already a significant influence--even something of a legend--for serious photographers, although only a relatively small number of her most important pictures were widely known at the time.

The publication of Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph in 1972--along with the posthumous retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art--offered the general public its first encounter with the breadth and power of her achievements. The response was unprecedented. The monograph, composed of 80 photographs, was edited and designed by the painter Marvin Israel, Diane Arbus' friend and colleague, and by her daughter Doon Arbus. Their goal in producing the book was to remain as faithful as possible to the standards by which Arbus judged her own work and to the ways in which she hoped it would be seen.

Universally acknowledged as a photobook classic, Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph is a timeless masterpiece with editions in five languages, and remains the foundation of her international reputation. A quarter of a century has done nothing to diminish the riveting impact of these pictures or the controversy they inspire. Arbus' photographs penetrate the psyche with all the force of a personal encounter and, in doing so, transform the way we see the world and the people in it.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Diane Arbus, Doon Arbus (Editor), Marvin Israel (Editor)
Published: 09/30/2011
Publisher: Aperture
ISBN: 9781597111744
Pages: 184
Weight: 2.95lbs
Size: 11.30h x 9.60w x 0.80d

About the Author
Arbus, Diane: - Diane Arbus (1923-1971; born in New York) revolutionized the terms of the art she practiced. In addition to Diane Arbus: Revelations, four other volumes of her work have been published posthumously and have remained continuously in print: Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph (1972), Untitled: Diane Arbus (1995), Diane Arbus: A Chronology (2011), and Diane Arbus: A box of 10 photographs (2018, with Smithsonian American Art Museum).Arbus, Doon: - Doon Arbus is the eldest daughter of Diane and Allan Arbus; since her mother's death she has managed the Estate of Diane Arbus.

Israel, Marvin: - Marvin Israel was an American artist, photographer, painter, teacher, and art director from New York, known for modern and surreal interiors, and abstract imagery.