Sunday, November 4, 2012

Diane Arbus



The subject of the photograph is Colin Wood, the son of well-known tennis player Sidney Wood.  He was caught "in a moment of exasperation" and impatience when having a photo shoot in the park with Diane Arbus.  This the only image of his expression like this, but when this Boy With Toy Hand Grenade became well-known, he hated the attention it gave him.  A classmate even made copies and posted them all over the school.  Now he says he sees the image is a positive in his life and that Arbus' photograph “captured the loneliness of everyone. It’s all people who want to connect but don’t know how to connect.” 

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