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A 3 page formal analysis of a photo by Diane Arbus which is located at the Laurence Miller Gallery entitled "Identical Twins." New York photographer Diane Arbus (1923-1971) has been typically known by her depictions of "'freaks'--transvestites, dwarves, giants, circus performers and eccentrics" (Gross 1). However, as the photos on display at the Laurence Miller Gallery illustrate, Arbus was also adept at showing the underlying reality of more everyday images and ordinary people, and how this reality is often incongruent with the way that people are usually photographed. Referred to as "a Sylvia Plath with a camera," Arbus was adept at exploiting the "psychological trauma" of the people who posed for her photos (Gross 1). This point is illustrated by the discussed photo. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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display at the Laurence Miller Gallery illustrate, Arbus was also adept at showing the underlying reality of more everyday images and ordinary people, and how this reality is often incongruent
with the way that people are usually photographed. Referred to as "a Sylvia Plath with a camera," Arbus was adept at exploiting the "psychological trauma" of the people who posed
for her photos (Gross 1). This point is illustrated by her photo black-and-white photo entitled "Identical Twins," which was taken in Roselle, New Jersey in 1967 (Laurence Miller Gallery).
The photo is a gelatin silver print, 20 inches x 16 inches (Identical twins). The little girls in the picture are roughly six years of age, standing straight, side-by-side, with
their hands at their sides. They are on a brick pavement, with a plain white wall in the background. The stark background forces the viewer to concentrate on the images
of the little girls, who are identically dressed in the same dark dress, with white collar and cuffs, white stockings and white headbands holding back their dark hair. The
photo is composed so that the girls are centrally located in the frame. The range of tones is subtle, but not extremely varied, consisting primarily of the contrast between light
and dark, black and white. The girls stand very straight, with their A-line dresses creating a soft curve between shoulder and knee. The brick paving on which they stand and
the softness of the cloth of their dresses provide contrasts in texture; however, the primary focus of the picture is on the girls faces. Everything about the little girls is
precisely the same, except for their facial expressions. The girl on the right is smiling slightly, which softens her features and changes the shape of her eyes. The child on
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