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    Among her many notebooks and personal diaries, Diane Arbus wrote that, “The thing that’s important to know is that you never know. You’re always sort of feeling your way.” The breadth of Arbus’s work showcases this uncertainty through the viewfinder of a woman in New York’s twentieth-century bourgeoisie society, which Arbus herself rarely photographed. Instead, she focused on creating photographs which capture the essence of the human experience. Rather than document the lifestyle that her status might have afforded her, Arbus made art which reflected the vibrancy and individuality of the world around her. I was immediately drawn to Arbus as an artist after reading Aperture’s collection of her notes; her desire to understand the “folkloric” and psychological facets of contemporary society is one with which I deeply empathize. After becoming enamored with Arbus’s philosophy, appreciating her contributions to street and portrait photography was natural. Studying the various methods and styles through…

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    Diane Arbus

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    Diane Arbus has made a significant mark in the photography world. The fascination she had with ‘freaks’ makes her photos very important when it comes to the popularity and criticism she has faced. Steven Shainbergs film Fur: An imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus and Susan Sontags critique of Diane Arbus will be discussed as to what different interpretations these texts have on Arbus’ work. Both texts will show their own individual interpretations and the differnt views they have on her work,…

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    Diane Arbus

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    Name: Prof. Name: HUM333: Photo and the Other Date: Diane Arbus and the others in her photos The world of art is full of several labels. In an effort to reduce obscure individuals to a particular category some specific labels have been generally applied in the art world, whether for religious, territorial, ethnic, sexual or national. For an all-purpose rationale, these labels are not applied in order to single out, but are an effort to give an identity to the minorities who have long been…

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    The book has made clear that photography is different to the other forms of art because of its historical growth. Sharkowski’s connection with photography expressed also in 1967 at the show he curated at Moma called New Documents. At that time rather unknown artists as Diane Arbus, Lee Fiedlander and Garry Winogrand were figured in this show. Contextually and con-figuratively transgressive photos of Diane Arbus recognised for its harsh black and white style. Exhibiting group show of Friedlander…

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    Kevin Alves Instructor Kathleen Perry Photography 50B 16 May 2016 Diane Arbus and the Unusual Subjects In today’s world where selfies and sexting are common the work of Diane Arbus may seem tame. But in 1967 when the New Documents Exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art featured the work Arbus, along with that of Garry Winogrand and Lee Friedlander, as an alternative to traditional documentary photography it was shocking. Although her intimate portraits of those outside the mainstream made some…

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    In this picture “Girl with a pointy hood and white schoolbag at the curb, N.Y.C., 1957.” by Diane Arbus , Arbus’s basic concept is the girl stays out of the school with her lunch bags and coach. She was attracted to children during the young age. She loves to photographs of people, transgender people, couples, etc. she doesn’t have particular objects because she loves to take a picture. Arbus work in the initial impact on people’s reaction. All her pictures are full of emotion and feeling…

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    Gun Violence Film Analysis

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    on the share and she was walking around the room and thinking. Her eyes were telling how sad she had been since the gruesome event took place. Seventeen years ago, Diane Sawyer reserved a phone call from her husband Tom telling her that their son Dylan was in a arms and started to shoot at his colleagues at the school. The results of this mass shooting were threaten people lost their lives and twenty five people were anger mostly children. Interview‘s host asked her about her first reaction…

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    Speech On Cherokee Culture

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    This idea, introduced by Thomas King in his work “You’re Not the Indian I Had in Mind (King 31-46),” will be the basis of our museum’s thematic. Using the most innovative technologies available at the moment, we intend to have a virtual display of the main Cherokee Creation Myths in this exhibit as well. These creation myths play an important role in shaping the Cherokee identity, as evidenced in writer Diane Glancy’s novel Pushing the Bear: “Didn’t the soldiers know we were the land? The…

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    One of the players of Sword Art Online raised her saber behind her ear and held the position, feeling the Sword Skill charge. Once it was she let it explode as she spun her blade around. She was just one of a large group of Clearers currently fighting the Floor 49 Boss: The Sky Serpent. Floor 49 was Aztec themed with thick jungles, giant stone buildings, and ziggurats. It should have been little surprise that the Boss for it was based on the Quetzalcoatl from Aztec myth. Lyra ducked under one…

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    on air job w/WDAM in Hattiesburg Mississippi – reported anchored 3 shows daily and produced Newscasts. While watching David Moir on ABC 7 World News Tonight anchor aired daily Monday thru Friday from 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm. His education and experience tells a lot about his style delivery of the news. His education seems to be more formal and in depth as he was a magna cum laude graduate of Ithaca College, Muir attended the Institute on Political Journalism at Georgetown University and studied…

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