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• American photographer Diane Arbus often photographed people who weren't part of the mainstream of society, such as nudists, Transvestites, carnies and street people.SFMOMA: Diane Arbus Revelations Her first piece of public work, entitled "The Vertical Journey: Six Movements of a Moment Within the Heart of the City" was published in Esquire magazine in the early 1960s. In 1971, at the age of 48, Arbus committed suicide.

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  1. Maiden name: Diane Nemerov
  2. Born: March 1, 1923
  3. Birthplace: New York City, New York
  4. Died: July 26, 1971
  5. Attended the The Fieldston School of Ethical Culture
  6. Spouse: Allan Arbus
  7. Younger sister of Howard Nemerov

• Exhibition

  Although Arbus completed two Guggenheim Fellowship, photographs from the second of which were included in an exhibition at the New York Museum of Modern Art, the only major exhibition of her works did not occur until after her death in 1971.SFMOMA: Diane Arbus Revelations

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