Diane Arbus  

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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)
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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)
Diane Arbus (March 14, 1923July 26, 1971) was an American photographer, noted for her portraits of people on the fringes of society and her celebration of the cult of ugliness. She is best known for her photograph Identical Twins one of the most expensive photographs. She committed suicide at the age of 48. Nicole Kidman played Arbus in the highly fictionalized Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus.


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