Tag Archives: Diane Arbus

Jack Dracula | The Marked Man

Posted on March 1, 2019 by maryannadair

Photo: Jack Dracula by Diane Arbus. Jack Dracula: “The Marked Man” had over 1000 tattoos which in his day were valued at US$6000. Some notables include: a pair of trompe-Poeil goggles, the winged cap of Mercury with a rose cluster … Continue reading →

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Diane Arbus – To Go Where I Have Never Been

Posted on March 14, 2018 by maryannadair

Above: Aldous Huxley – author of Brave New World (1936) by Diane Arbus American photographer/writer Diane Arbus was born Diane Nemerov on 14 March, 1923, to David Nemerov and Gertrude Russek Nemerov, a Jewish couple who lived in New York City … Continue reading →

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The “Sage of the Wilderness” was born in the Kitchen

Posted on June 12, 2017 by maryannadair

Above: William Mack, “The Sage of the Wilderness“. (Photo by Diane Arbus). At the time Diane Arbus took this photograph of William Mack (aka “The Sage of the Wilderness“) he was a 72 year-old, German, ex-merchant seaman living on his … Continue reading →

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