Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Diane Arbus IX

Young Brooklyn Family Going for Sunday Outing, NYC 1966


This photograph is so interesting because not one of the four individuals pictured looks like they would ever travel in the same circles. She, with her bouffant hairdo and dramatic makeup, He with his everyday-Joe-ness, Baby, so sweet and new, and the Boy, looks like an adorable little Richie Cunningham. They are each so unique and do not appear as a family, but they are. The parents are young and they look like they are tired and struggling to hold their life together. You can catch a glimpse of it in their eyes. Seeing them out on a Sunday as a family is what instills hope in me. Hope that they are still together, retired, maybe living out on the Island with lots of grandkids that always come to visit. That's what I love about Diane's photos. I am drawn into the subject's world and daydream about who they are and what they've become.

2 comments:

Cerpts said...

Don't be ridiculous. That broad in the bouffant is Kat. Everyone can see that!

Star said...

so is she holding little evangeline???