This image 'King and Queen of a Senior Citizens Dance' by Diane Arbus shows two awkward and slightly confused looking elders who have just been crowned homecoming King and Queen. "Their numbers were picked out of a hat. They were just chosen King and Queen of a Senior Citizens dance in NYC. Yetta Granaf is 72 and Charles Fahrer is 79. They have never met."
Arbus is brilliant in portraying everyday people in everyday situations in a surreal and humorous manner. Perhaps this is her interpretation of the royalty.
T.L.
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These guys give me jokes, look at the geezer's face, he is guppy-jawed like a fish guffaw.
ReplyDeleteI'm far from bored by your image hoard, keep the image bumming coming.