Diane Arbus

Frequently referred to as The Artist of the Freak Show.

This ethical question has been applied to her work: Is it wrong to seek out and photograph people at their worst, when the apparent motives are a compulsion to capture images of the down-and-out, and in the process make a name for oneself and earn a living or profit?

"Freaks was a thing I photographed alot...There's a quality of legend about freaks. Like a person in a fairy tale who stops you and demands that you answer a riddle. Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats."...Diane Arbus.