Sally Stockhold

Diane Arbus photographing the Doppelgänger Twins

From “myselfportraits, ode to icons” Series
Hand-colored archival pigment print
Edition of 6 + 2 APs
Sally Stockhold © 2012

Diane Arbus (1923–1971) A sensitive American street photographer and writer was noted for black-and-white photographs of dwarfs, giants, transvestites, nudists, circus performers and physically or mentally impaired people whose normality seemed surreal. In 1972, a year after she committed suicide, Arbus became the first American photographer to have photographs displayed at the Venice Biennale and her photographs now sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars at auction. Arbus’s work always provoked controversy; for example, Norman Mailer was quoted in 1971 as saying "Giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like putting a live grenade in the hands of a child."

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