Diane Arbus Diane Arbus Diane Arbus (; March 14, 1923 – July 26, 1971) was an American photographer. Although Arbus’s most famous subjects were outsiders such as transgender people, strippers, carnival performers, nudists, dwarves, and other marginalized people, she was equally drawn to subjects as ordinary as children, mothers, couples, old people, and middle-class families. She photographed her subjects in familiar settings: their homes, on the street, in the workplace, in the park. In his 2003 "New York Times Magazine" article, "Arbus Reconsidered," Arthur Lubow states, "She was fascinated by people who were visibly creating their own identities—cross-dressers, nudists, sideshow performers, tattooed
Jason Schmidt (photographer) Jason Schmidt (photographer) Jason Schmidt (born June 5, 1969) is an American photographer and director, best known for his portraits of artists and cultural figures. He is based in New York City. Jason Schmidt graduated from Columbia University in 1992 with a degree in Art History. Jason Schmidt has photographed more than 600 contemporary artists over the twenty years since he began work on the subject. Much of this work has been collected in his books, Artists (2007) and Artists II (2015, Steidl). Schmidt primarily photographs artists in their studios, depicting his subjects in personal settings, revealing aspects of the