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- Birth nameDiane Nemerov
- Diane Arbus was born on March 14, 1923 in New York City, New York, USA. She was married to Allan Arbus. She died on July 26, 1971 in Westbeth Artists Housing, New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseAllan Arbus(April 10, 1941 - 1969) (divorced, 2 children)
- Arbus was an American photographer. She photographed a wide range of subjects including strippers, carnival performers, nudists, people with dwarfism, children, mothers, couples, elderly people, and middle-class families.
- In 1986, Arbus was inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum.
- Her ex-husband once noted that she had "violent changes of mood".
- In 1963 the Guggenheim Foundation awarded Arbus a fellowship for her proposal entitled, "American Rites, Manners and Customs". She was awarded a renewal of her fellowship in 1966.
- Late in her career, the Metropolitan Museum of Art indicated to her that they would buy three of her photographs for $75 each, but citing a lack of funds, purchased only two. As she wrote to Allan Arbus, "So I guess being poor is no disgrace.".
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