Li Yaqin Yaqin itibaren Sant'Alessio Siculo ME, Italy
An interesting and troublesome book for me. Arbus's development as a photographer was more gripping than the stories of her career. Her family retains the rights to her work and, according to author Bosworth, refused to grant permission to reproduce any of her photographs; the book suffers for it. Additionally, some research into depression might not be amiss for a biography of someone who committed suicide. If Bosworth did any such research, it doesn't come through. Perhaps she didn't want her work to be seen through that particular lens, but the result is a book more insightful into its own author and the thrall with which she beheld her subject than into Arbus herself.
Didn't finish this one. I'm a fan of her blog, but in NmcN's own word, meh.