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If you scrutinize reality closely enough, if in some way you really, really get to it, it becomes fantastic.

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Diane Arbus
Age: 48 †
Born: 1923
Born: March 14
Died: 1971
Died: July 26
Fashion Photographer
Photographer
New York City
New York
Diane Nemerov
Diane Nemerov Arbus
Diane née Nemerov
Diane nee Nemerov
Fantastic
Photographer
Becomes
Reality
Enough
Really
Way
Scrutinize
Closely

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