I've sent the reading for Tuesday, David Hevey's "The Enfreakment of Photography," to your email. Since she's one of the main subjects of the reading, here's some information about and photos from Diane Arbus.
Diane Arbus was an NYC-based photographer who, before committing suicide in 1971 at the age of 48, was extremely well-known for her stark portraits of "deviants" (transgender people, transvestites, nudists), children and families, and social outcasts or "freaks." One can view her works in many ways: exploitation? mere exploration? shedding a light on people we'd usually ignore? tragic? comic? Arbus once said her pictures were meant to express "the space between who someone is and who they think they are," but where do we, as spectators, fit into this relationship?
Here are some short articles if you're interested in Arbus:
A Fresh Look at Diane Arbus
Diane Arbus: Visionary Voyeurism
And here are some photographs by Arbus. As you're looking at them, start thinking about what questions you'd like to ask about them, or what points of discussion you can come up with for class on Tuesday.
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