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Aperture, 1984. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Near Fine. Damaged dustjacket.. "Published just after her untimely death in 1971, this book--whether or not aided by the artist's notoriety--has achieved massive sales for a volume of such uncompromising photographs. Edited by Doon Arbus and Marvin Israel, its titled implies a mere trawl through her best-known images. It is that, but it also a brilliant exposé of American life. ... While it is true that she often photographed those outside society's norms, a more pertinent observation is that if she made 'normals' look like 'freaks', she also made 'freaks' look like 'normals'. Furthermore, her exploration of normalcy was complicated by gender issues. In her aggressive, full frontal 'exploitation' of her subjects, Arbus appropriated an essentially male convention: that of staring. Indeed, it may well be her assumption of this prerogative of masculine domination that has attracted much of the negative comment, compounded by her undercutting of gender…
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- Title Magazine Work
- Author Arbus, Diane
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First
- Publisher George Allen and Unwin Ltd., Australia
- Date 1984
- ISBN 9780868615240
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Diane Arbus: Magazine Work
by Arbus, Diane; Thomas Southall, Marvin Israel
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Magazine Work
by Arbus, Diane
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Sydney: George Allen and Unwin in Association With Aperture. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0868615242 . Edges and endpapers lightly foxed. Jacket lightly rubbed at corners; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 176 pages .
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