Monstrosität des Alltags Everyday Monstrosity

A discussion of the work of two photographers of 'freaks'.
Charles Eisenmann (1850-?) photographed from ca. 1880 till 1900
the 'monsters' acting in the so-called 'dime-museums' and
'sideshows' in the USA (see the monograph by Michael Mitchell:
""Monsters of the Gilded Age''). The other photographer
discussed is Diane Arbus, especially her ""Magazine Work''. The
author traces the history of publically displayed 'freaks',
citing authors like Sartre, Marcuse and Sontag, the author
states: ""Only in a fragment of reality we can observe the
monstrosity of every day life. Not the photographs of Arbus are
obscene, but reality is.'' (German)


Citaten:
Mitchell, M.: Monsters of the Gilded Age