Showcasing her work from 1956 to '62, "Diane Arbus: In the Beginning," now up at the Met Breuer, exhibits some of the photographer's earliest influential images, though they were not her first forays with a camera. Arbus, then in her 30s, already spent years shooting for magazines like Vogue. Her first street photos, though, were a radical departure: They captured New Yorkers – from society women to drag queens – with an honesty rare in fashion photography, but with their dignity intact. Take a look back at the moment Diane Arbus became the artist we know now.
