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== = = =**Portrait Photographers**=

She was born in 1923. Diane and her husband developed a successful fashion photography business. She admittedly hated the fashion world, and went on to quit commercial photography altogether. Then she committed suicide. Her controversial images of “freaks” were to become her most well know works. These images were to create quite a bit of criticism, and accusations of exploitation. However, Diane Arbus claimed that it was never her intention to exploit her subjects, only to show their beauty and humanity.
 * Diane Arbus**

Cindy Sherman became famous for her very unique and unconventional self-portraits. Her initial portfolio of images, now known as the “film stills” catapulted her into fame upon their release in 1980. These images feature the photographer herself as a B-movie actress, in a variety of roles. A later famous set of self-portraits were called the “History Portraits”, and featured Cindy Sherman dressed as subjects from various famous paintings.
 * Cindy Sherman**