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These, usually presented in a square frame, included circus artistes, transgender people, and those of abnormal height. Arbus committed suicide in the same year. Her parents owned a department store on Fifth Avenue and their income allowed Arbus to escape the ravages of the Great Depression. After a prep school education, she married Allan Arbus, whom she had known since childhood, in In , they had a daughter, Doon, with another daughter, named Amy, following nine years later.

The marriage broke down shortly afterward, although the couple did not actually divorce until By that time, Arbus had become extremely well known, with her pictures of people in and around New York City itself being her most popular subjects. Arbus began her photographic career shortly after her marriage, working mainly as a stylist as the pair ran a fashion photography firm.

She gradually increased the number of photos she took in her own right, and was tutored by Abbott and then Brodovitch.

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In the mids, while at a workshop operated by Lisette Model, she was inspired to make a serious career from reality photographs of unusual characters. Nevertheless, it was only in that she was published for the first time, in Esquire magazine. In , Arbus felt that 35mm film did not give her enough interaction with those who formed the subjects of her photographs.