Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph
“Nothing is ever the same as they said it was. It’s what I’ve never seen before that I recognize..."
“I do feel I have some slight corner on something about the quality of things. I mean it’s very subtle and a little embarrassing to me, but I really believe there are things which nobody would see unless I photographed them."
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (with "Two girls in identical raincoats" image) of the classic collection of the photographs of Diane Arbus.
Following Arbus's suicide in 1971, the curator of MOMA, John Szarkowski, began work on staging a major retrospective of Arbus's work. At first there was little interest in the project and the proposal for the accompanying catalog was rejected by every major publishing house before Aperture magazine's Michael E. Hoffman agreed to print the book. The resulting MOMA retrospective was a huge success, traveling throughout North America and attended by over seven million people; the corresponding book, Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph, has since become one of the most influential photography books ever produced, cementing Arbus's reputation as one of the most original and expressive photographers of her time. Roth 101.
Millerton, New York: Aperture, (1972). Quarto, original boards with photograph on front panel, original dust jacket. Book near-fine and remarkably without the foxing at the edges so common with this title; a few spots and smudges to text. Owner (from 1972) inscription on front pastedown (largely hidden behind front flap of jacket). Bright dust jacket with small chip at top of spine, small closed tear at top of rear panel, thin stray mark on spine. A very good copy of inarguably one of the most important American photobooks.
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