Giants, prostitutes, transvestites and dwarves...

are just some of the things that Diane Arbus was famous for photographing.

Here's an example:

She lived hard, explored the fringes of society and then killed herself in 1971. She was 48.

This image is a bit more famous:

Arbus' Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park, New York City (1962)

I had seen her work before but rediscovered it yesterday along with this super neat website.

Click through the other books, it's a pretty interesting concept...