From: Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Date: 09/17/03-09:11:01 AM Z
On Sun, 14 Sep 2003, Don Bryant wrote:
> I'm not sure if this worth mentioning here at Gum Central, but there is a
> terrific article about Diane Arbus in The New York Times.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/pages/magazine/index.html?8dpc
>
I especially appreciated the fact that (although it didn't mention me by
name SPECIFICALLY) this article proved my point that Arbus was not cruel,
but loving. I am also convinced that the hostility to her work is because
she dared show MEN as less than glamorous, too presumptuous in our photo
culture for a woman.
(Mary Ellen Mark made a career out of exploiting helpless women, from the
child prostitutes of India and the insane to Mother Theresa, who she
bragged did NOT want to be photographed.... Mark was practically
sanctified. Arbus was denounced ... not least by AD Coleman in one of his
4-star tirades.)
But you probably want more summer of gum... stay tuned...
J.
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