10 Most Controversial Photographers in Art History

Norman Mailer said in 1971 that "giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like putting a grenade in the hands of a child." She was drawn to perverts, outcasts, transvestites, problem children, circus performers and freaks. Arbus would be 92 today. In memory of her and her work, we have compiled a list of the most controversial photographers in history.

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1. Diana Arbus. Diana was a strange character. She gained fame by photographing various freaks and freaks.

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2. Joel-Peter Witkin. Brooklyn-based photographer Witkin loved to shoot in Mexico. Sometimes he used corpses and parts of their bodies in his works.

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3. Irina Ionesco. French photographer Irina Ionesco has been criticized for taking pictures of her own child. She turned her five-year-old daughter Eva into her muse and model. The photos turned out beautiful - but extremely cryptic. Eva sued Irina three times.

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4. Jan Saudek. The Czech photographer exploited symbolism, political metaphors and sex in his photographs. There was a lot of sex in his work.

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5. Robert Mapplethorpe. Photographed such legendary personalities as Andy Warhol, Deborah Harry, and his girlfriend Patti Smith. He was distinguished by his love for homoerotic and sadomasochistic aesthetics. There is a photograph, for example, where Mapplethorpe sticks a whip up his ass.

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6. Andres Serrano. American photographer Andres Serrano experimented a lot with corpses and feces. This picture from the morgue is not the most striking example of his scandalous work.

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7. Gottfried Helnwein. He is called a friend of Marilyn Manson. If you don't like theatrical violence, mixing innocence with blood, and a touch of fascism and consumerism, you may not like this photographer.

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8 Steven Meisel One of the most famous fashion photographers, he regularly works with the American and Italian editions of Vogue. Photographed Madonna for her book "Sex".

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9. Bill Henson Australian Henson is interested in the topic of adolescence. He was criticized for the young age of the nude models, which once led to the closure of the exhibition in Sydney.

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10. Terry Richardson. Love him or hate him, he should definitely be on this list. His candid work often makes traditional Hollywood culture nauseous.