Flowers at the Tulip Farm
Diane Arbus
My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been. -Diane Arbus Diane Arbus was born Diane Nemerov on March 14, 1923. Her parents were the owners of Russeks Fifth Avenue department store. She came from a family of creatives. Her brother, Howard Nemerov, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, and her sister, Renée Sparkia, was an artist. After retiring from Russek’s, her father, David Nemerov, launched a second, successful career as a painter. Her family was wealthy, but Arbus rejected that life and married young to leave that lifestyle that she considered “humiliating.” She married Allan Arbus in 1941 when she was 18, and they were a successful fashion photography team, and they contributed to Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar. She also modeled. They had two children together, Doon and Amy, and they divorced in 1959. Arbus also had a relationship with the art director and painter Marvin Israel. The affair continued until her death. Israel also stayed married during...
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