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Diane Arbus (/ d iː ˈ æ n ˈ ɑːr b ə s /; née Nemerov; March 14, 1923 – July 26, 1971 [2]) was an American photographer. [3] [4] She photographed a wide range of subjects including strippers, carnival performers, nudists, people with dwarfism, children, mothers, couples, elderly people, and middle-class families. [5]
Nemerov was born on February 29, 1920, in New York City; [4] [5] his parents were David Nemerov and Gertrude Russek. The Nemerovs were a Russian Jewish couple who lived in New York City and owned Russeks, a Fifth Avenue department store. His younger sisters were the photographer Diane Arbus and sculptor
Nemerov is a Russian surname. It may refer to Howard Nemerov, Pulitzer Prize winner and American poet laureate; Alexander Nemerov, Professor of Art and Art History at Stanford University; Alexander Nemerov (character), a fictional character Tom Clancy's The Sum of All Fears; Diane Nemerov, the maiden name of Diane Arbus
Nemerov is the son of the poet Howard Nemerov, who was the grandson of the businessman Frank Russek. [10] Howard's sister is the photographer Diane Arbus, who married the actor Allan Arbus. Their children are the photographer Amy Arbus and the writer Doon Arbus.
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Gertrude Russek married David Nemerov, and they were the parents of Diane Arbus and Howard Nemerov. Russek died on December 10, 1948. [ 5 ] He was a member of Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan where his funeral services were held.
After the breakup of his first marriage and the dissolution of his business, Arbus moved to California in 1969 to pursue a new career in acting. [10] His new career took off after he landed the lead role in Robert Downey Sr.'s 1972 cult film, Greaser's Palace, in which he appears with Robert Downey, Jr., who would go on to star as Diane Arbus's muse in Fur.
A young mother teaching her son to read. A former college football player "on top of the world" living in New York City. An 18-year-old aspiring nurse. A father of two remembered as the "life of ...