Girl in a Shiny Dress 1967

Diane Arbus’s 1967 photograph, "Girl in a Shiny Dress", showcases her signature style of candid portraiture, focusing on the marginalized and the unconventional. The subject, a young woman in a revealing satin dress, is captured in a moment of vulnerability and discomfort, her gaze directed away from the camera. The stark black-and-white composition emphasizes the subject’s isolation, revealing Arbus’s fascination with the human condition and her ability to expose the complexities of identity.