Katy Grannan: is she the new Diane Arbus?
I wasn’t familiar with the work of photographer Katy Grannan until recently, but the more I see her work, the more she reminds me of Diane Arbus, the celluloid high priestess of degeneration. While Grannan shares Arbus’ intrepid gaze, this Yale-educated artist chooses and frames her subjects so they seem a little more flattened by consumerism, a little further from the edge than Arbus’ people, but still in a state of ruin.
Tagged: Diane Arbus, Katy Grannan photography
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