Talk by @be.elissa & @artem.bur (in English)


In cooperation with @off_fotofestival



Diane Arbus gained recognition in the 1950s and 60s for her unusual portraits of people who were on the margins of society, including transgender people, circus performers, and immigrants. Arbus's photographs continue to offer a rare and haunting view of humanity. Her images were provocative and challenged conventional notions of normalcy. Arbus was an artist who knew how to create a mysterious atmosphere and recognize the beauty in the seemingly absurd and strange.



We provide a multi-medial introduction to the life and work of this extraordinary photographer. In addition to her photographic art, we share the perspective of people who played an important role in her life, including her daughter Doon Arbus, her mentor Lisette Model or the writer Susan Sontag.

“To take a photograph is to participate in another person's mortality, vulnerability, mutability. precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time's relentless melt.”
Susan Sontag / On Photography (1977)

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