- Amy Arbus
Amy Arbus (born 1954) is a
New York City basedphotographer and is the daughter of actorAllan Arbus and photographerDiane Arbus .Arbus teaches portraiture at the
International Center of Photography , [http://www.andersonranch.org/ Anderson Ranch] and theFine Arts Work Center .Arbus is the author of several photo books. During the 1980s, she had a monthly page that appeared in the Village Voice's style section. Her work has also appeared in "
The New Yorker ", "Vanity Fair", "Rolling Stone ", "Architectural Digest ", and "The New York Times Magazine ".Arbus' most recent book, [http://www.welcomebooks.com/fourthwall/ Amy Arbus: The Fourth Wall] was published in April 2008. The New Yorker calls it her "masterpiece" [http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/notebook/2008/05/19/080519gonb_GOAT_notebook_als] "On the Street" was published in September 2006. Her other books include "The Inconvenience of Being Born" (1999) and "No Place Like Home" (1986).
Her photographs are a part of the collection of the
New York Public Library and theMuseum of Modern Art in New York .In a talk at UCLA's [http://www.hammer.ucla.edu/programs/8/ Hammer Museum] , Arbus described her reluctance to become a photographer and her years studying at the
Berklee College of Music and hanging out withThe Cars (then still unknown), before studying at theMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston .External links
* [http://www.amyarbus.com Amy Arbus' official website]
* [http://www.welcomebooks.com/fourthwall/ Amy Arbus: The Fourth Wall]
* [http://www.welcomebooks.com/onthestreet/ Amy Arbus: On the Street]Articles
* [http://shanatinglipton.com/arbus1.html Los Angeles Times article on Amy Arbus]
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1922556,00.html The Guardian article on Amy Arbus]
* [http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/notebook/2008/05/19/080519gonb_GOAT_notebook_als New Yorker Article]
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