Diane Arbus: in the beginning

Black-and-white photograph of light from a movie projector streaming across a balcony

Black-and-white photograph of a boy wearing tie, coat, and hat with full brim

Black-and-white photograph of Dracula with one eyebrow raised on a movie screen

Black-and-white photograph of a woman wearing a fur coat and hat sitting in the back of a bus

Black-and-white photograph of a headless man sitting on a chair on top of a pedestal

Black-and-white photograph of woman carrying a child

Black-and-white photograph of a man with his head facing the opposite way of his body in a room lit by a single lightbulb

Black-and-white photograph of a drive-in theater at nighttime with clouds on screen

Diane Arbus: in the beginning

Black-and-white photograph of light from a movie projector streaming across a balcony — Diane Arbus, 42nd Street movie theater audience, N.Y.C. 1958, printed later

gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 inches (sheet) [40.6 x 50.8 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a boy wearing tie, coat, and hat with full brim — Diane Arbus, Boy in a man’s hat, N.Y.C. 1956, printed later

gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of Dracula with one eyebrow raised on a movie screen — Diane Arbus, Bela Lugosi as “Dracula,” close-up 1958

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a woman wearing a fur coat and hat sitting in the back of a bus — Diane Arbus, Lady on a bus, N.Y.C. 1956, printed later

gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a headless man sitting on a chair on top of a pedestal — Diane Arbus, Headless man, N.Y.C. 1962

gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of woman carrying a child — Diane Arbus, Woman carrying a child in Central Park, N.Y.C. 1956, printed later

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a man with his head facing the opposite way of his body in a room lit by a single lightbulb — Diane Arbus, The Backwards Man in his hotel room, N.Y.C. 1961, printed later

gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a drive-in theater at nighttime with clouds on screen — Diane Arbus, Clouds on-screen at a drive-in movie, N.J. 1960, printed later

gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 inches (sheet) [40.6 x 50.8 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of light from a movie projector streaming across a balcony

Diane Arbus42nd Street movie theater audience, N.Y.C. 1958

printed later

gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 inches (sheet) [40.6 x 50.8 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a boy wearing tie, coat, and hat with full brim

Diane ArbusBoy in a man’s hat, N.Y.C. 1956

printed later

gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of Dracula with one eyebrow raised on a movie screen

Diane ArbusBela Lugosi as “Dracula,” close-up 1958

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a woman wearing a fur coat and hat sitting in the back of a bus

Diane ArbusLady on a bus, N.Y.C. 1956

printed later

gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a headless man sitting on a chair on top of a pedestal

Diane ArbusHeadless man, N.Y.C. 1962

gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of woman carrying a child

Diane ArbusWoman carrying a child in Central Park, N.Y.C. 1956

printed later

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a man with his head facing the opposite way of his body in a room lit by a single lightbulb

Diane ArbusThe Backwards Man in his hotel room, N.Y.C. 1961

printed later

gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a drive-in theater at nighttime with clouds on screen

Diane ArbusClouds on-screen at a drive-in movie, N.J. 1960

printed later

gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 inches (sheet) [40.6 x 50.8 cm]