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
Dwarfs and pygmies in ancient Egypt Dynasty show only the determinative, implying that the determinative itself was read "Deneg", "Daneg" or "Dag" and with the same meaning. In later times, these words were often combined with further determinatives such as the one for "clothes/fashion" (Gardiner sign "S38"), literally describing a "fashion dwarf" (Egyptian "Daneg-seret"); or with the determinative of a dancer (Gardiner sign "A32") for a "dancing dwarf" (Egyptian "Daneg-ibaw"). During the Middle Kingdom period, two new words concerning dwarfs and pygmies appeared: "Nemw", meaning "malformed one" pointing to the genetic origin of Egyptian dwarfs as persons born with achondroplasia; and "Hewa" meaning "shepherd" or "cattle