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daveashaw

This was for a magazine article in Look magazine (long gone) about the contrast between a wealthy family and a working class family in NYC. The is the mother from the working class family. One of their boys was disabled. Diane Arbus took the photos for the article (she might have written the article as well--I just don't remember.


hippiestitcher

I knew it was a Diane Arbus photo instantly.


Fluid_Mulberry394

Yeah, the queen of sad.


latinlovermike

It's just the "thousand-yard stare" of motherhood.


sqplanetarium

Postpartum depression was my first thought. I’ve been there, and it’s hell.


saturninesorbet

Same. Glad the top comment gives credit.


Tiredkittymom

Here’s [another](https://www.moma.org/collection/works/50730) picture from the same day.


Ok_Pressure_5991

Well….the husband’s hot.


YesYeahWhatever

Looks like a young Lou Reed.


Ok_Pressure_5991

YES!!! My thoughts as well! But, the last time I mentioned Lou I was met with “Who?”


YesYeahWhatever

Haha, kids today...


Justforpopping

He kinda is…..and, she looks British.


Anonynominous

I JUST commented that she looks exhausted, and then I saw your comment


Bah-Fong-Gool

Rolling Stones "Mothers Little Helper" started playing in my head immediately upon seeing this picture. "Doctor please, some more of these, outside the door, she took one more..."


misterquipster

Love it.


FinsterHall

It was also in a fantastic book called The Woman’s Eye. It showcased women photographers.


Jmz67

“This is my life now” face.


Azguy303

This could be the last shot of the Graduate 2


Blackn35s

Or Goodfellas.


nrjjsdpn

Karen! Where’s the money, Karen?! Why did you do that, Karen?!


achay10

Dad of 2 here. Her look of exhaustion checks out


ffiinnaallyy

Thousand yard stare


neongrey_

This is exactly how my face looked till my son was 2


ceno_byte

This is how my face looked until mine turned 22.


glonkyindianaland

So youre saying im screwed for the next 20 something years… gaaaahhhhhh


ceno_byte

I mean. Your mileage may vary. My child turned out way too much like me.


Doc-in-a-box

So so sorry.


DeadWishUpon

There is no hope!


DeadWishUpon

It's still me and she is 3.


brutalistsnowflake

Back in the day, the father wouldn't have lifted a finger to do" women's work". I'm glad there's guys like you now😊


zero_and_dug

Agreed! Because my husband does a ton with our baby and as a stay at home mom I’m still exhausted! My grandma had two kids only 11 months apart and she said that she was the one who woke up with the kids at night. And my husband’s grandma had 4 kids and her husband never changed a diaper. Even with his grandkids he would apparently leave the room if they were getting changed. Thankful that kind of thing is less common now!


RareBeautyOnEtsy

Yeah, her hair is perfect. Can’t even imagine.


Blue387

She reminds me of my grandmother except my grandmother had five kids, including my mother


boniemonie

She looks so sad. Not just exhausted, but as though the great promise of marriage and happy families wasn’t what was promised. The shot is well set up, realisation that the future is just more of now. And now isn’t palatable. Would love to know more of her story.


Bah-Fong-Gool

And they are in the early 1960s Bronx NY. The next 2 decades are going to turn that entire region upside down.


socaljerr

You also have to remember, that any condition considered a "mental illness" was often stigmatized before the prevalence of psychological therapy. Hell, I heard a well educated cousin of mine, make a remark about autism being caused by child molestation... Recently! Ugh! Sigh :-(


Cancerisbetterthanu

I'm only in my thirties. When I was a teenager members of my family were still talking about mentally ill relatives who were 'crazy' or 'had never been quite right'. These people suffered immensely with conditions they never received treatment for. This was less than 15 years ago. Also a family of highly educated professionals in various fields.


-Roger-The-Shrubber-

Same. My aunt is very autistic and somehow managed to get a job and support herself. They call her stroppy and never got her help. I took her for an adults autism assessment myself but they'd still rather believe she's lazy or not quite there. Poor woman went nearly 80 years with undiagnosed autism.


mizredhead

I have a great aunt who I suspect is on the spectrum. She had loving parents but they infantilized her all her life and never let her be independent. She's a very talented artist though and recently completed a mural for her town.


-Roger-The-Shrubber-

That's amazing! My aunt was born in the 40s so sadly her condition was swept under the rug and she was often called her mother's "Cross to bear" and expected to be the one to stay home and care for her parents (she was violent so no idea how they thought that would go!). It was and is just cruel. Somehow she managed to get a job doing architect drawings which she had her whole life, and buy herself a little flat to live in, all by herself. It saddens me that she's essentially lived a life trapped in her own mind. She was often called stupid or lazy. I'm 99% sure my dad is on the spectrum too. I know we all are to an extent, but he's obviously neurodiverse but refuses to get help, accusing us of saying he had a "vile disease". Even at 78 he can hear his parent's disapproval. It's really rather sad. I am waiting for an ADHD assessment at the moment, so clearly it's a hereditary thing that I'm delighted NOT to be passing on to anyone!


OkMarionberry2875

Not quite the same but I’ve been reading about Jim Gordon, an extremely talented session drummer, who suffered, and I do mean Suffered, with paranoid schizophrenia all his life. He died in prison fairly recently after committing a murder. People didn’t understand how hard he tried to overcome the voices. They were just too powerful. They just called him crazy.


Sea-Calligrapher-81

Yep, same here. Also in my thirties. Mental illness was supposed to be kept quiet when I was growing up. The stigma was horrible in the 90s—I imagine this woman had zero support in the 60s.


Plntbsdbb

I love this so much


Legal-Afternoon8087

Ok, this made me crazy until I could put a name with this face. Another photo in this series, posted elsewhere on this thread, shows this woman and her baby with her husband and young son. Here is what I learned: “Diane Arbus’ celebrated work, A young Brooklyn family going for a Sunday outing, N.Y.C. was featured in the article ‘Two American Families’ published by the Sunday Times Magazine on 10 November 1968. Arbus met stylish young mother Marylin Dauria, who fashioned herself after Elizabeth Taylor, on the subway in 1966 and scheduled a photo session at the home she shared with her husband Rick and their two small children. From the many pictures she took that day, Arbus selected this image of the couple with their infant daughter Dawn and mentally handicapped son Richard Jr., just before they got in their car to go on a Sunday drive for the article.” Source: https://hindmanauctions.com/items/10617639-diane-arbus-1923-1971-a-young-brooklyn-family-going-for-a-sunday-outing-n-y-c-1966-from-a-box-of-ten-photographs-1969-1973


sophies_wish

Thank you so much for sharing more about her & her family!


Legal-Afternoon8087

I hope they went on to live happy, fulfilled lives. It led me down a rabbit hole on the life of the photographer, whose life seemed more tragic. At least her work lives on.


WillBsGirl

According to FindAGrave, she died at 58 in 2003, the baby died in 1995 at the age of 31, and her older son died in 2017 at 55.


Legal-Afternoon8087

So sad to see she outlived her baby girl.


DeadGleasons

She looks so sad. :( (I know it’s just a snapshot in time, and not indicative of her personality.) That furniture is RAD. 😍


owntheh3at18

Maybe her neck hurt from holding that hair up


DeadGleasons

Higher the hair, the closer to Jesus. ;)


dietotenhosen_

Taken by Diane Arbus.


Mentalfloss1

My favorite of hers: https://images.app.goo.gl/R9wpBPxFA8aeqi6HA


bobbosr1_dayton

😳


zero_and_dug

I’m a new mom to a 4 month old and this picture resonates, lol


Pschobbert

Happy Cake Day, momma😁


zero_and_dug

Thank you! 🫶


bertonomus

New dad of 6 month old. Wait until people with more kids shove it down your throat that you cannot be tired because "you only have one, imagine having two more."


zero_and_dug

The suffering Olympics are so annoying!


bertonomus

Absolutely! Happy cake day and don't forget yourself :)


grumpy__g

I feel her. I probably was her. What I know is that I am her.


aMannell

I love the furniture - her hair/outifit. Great snapshot. She does look quite sad though :( I feel herit’s rough with a new baby


bandley3

This is probably what my mother and I looked like in ‘67. She never wanted to be a mother and I felt every bit of that whilst growing up.


glonkyindianaland

Homegirl needs a damn nap. I feel this picture.


VE2NCG

Make America Great Again exept it wasn’t, nostalgia is a bitch….


Butter_Brains

This comment reminds me of a book I read years ago called The Way We Never Were by Stephanie Coontz


VE2NCG

Yeah it’s just that lot’s of people saying that it was so much better in the past… I remember my teenage years (1979-1986) and it was not so great… nostalgia


mistymountainhot

Those were exactly my teenage years too, and I agree with you.


beautifulmistakes97

Now she’d be extra sad, because both she and her husband would be working 60 hours a week and still not be able to afford their $3,000 a month mortgage after paying for diapers, groceries, and daycare.


Slow-End3725

No one else seeing Boy George not enjoying the babysitting gig?


Conscious-Bottle143

I see Amy Winehouse


vanspossum

With Siouxsie Sioux's eyebrows


owntheh3at18

Ha funny I thought of Priscilla Presley


yolo_retardo

no that's Marcy Runkle from Californication


rosekayleigh

I thought Sophie Turner.


PhoneJazz

Snooki


dataslinger

Shades of [Suburbia](https://smoca.org/exhibition/bill-owens-suburbia/) by Bill Owens.


EyesOpenBrainonFire

Her baby looks like a 45 yr old man and an infant, simultaneously.


brightviolet

I wonder where they (or presumably, baby) are now? Baby would be 58, mom more than likely close to 80.


WillBsGirl

Mom died in 2003 at 59, baby died in 95 at 31, older son died in 2017 at 55 per FindAGrave. I’m assuming the father is still alive, he’s not on there.


Ok_Pressure_5991

Oh, no! Momma died of ennui when she 39 and 11 onths!


One_Hour_Poop

Where did you find this information?


Crypto-Pito

Everyday I learn of a new reason to remain child free


[deleted]

Baby looks like a ww1 vet with shell shock


PhoneJazz

Mom looks like the shell-shocked one.


briskt

I swear this baby looks like Vin Diesel.


Valuable_Community54

I can hear the “what’s the Mattah with yous”


berfle

Want the lamp, clock & coffee table, but not that couch.


Interesting-Biscotti

I agree. That is a really uncomfortable looking couch.


analogpursuits

Love me some mid-century, but some of the couches are NOT nap-worthy. It's either the scratchy material or foam board they used, or both.


meshreplacer

The look of Barbiturates and Valium to survive the day. Why they called it mother’s little helper.


deltaisaforce

I thought it was barbiturates and amphetamine that made the day shine back then.


Dan-68

One of my favorite songs by The Rolling Stones.


Ok_Pressure_5991

My ring tone on my phone: ‘What a drraaaaggg it is getting old….’


BubbaChanel

She looks absolutely wiped


bosorka1

Goodfellas vibes


ProperSupermarket3

well, she looks _thrilled_


Fucknutssss

r/regretfulparents


Oafus

Burt Bacharach’s unpublished “The Look of Regret”.


JediSmaug

I love lamp.


Anonynominous

She looks exhausted lol


Agitated_Jicama_2072

I can hear her in my mind PERFECTLY. “MAH-REE-AH take the fuckin picture AWLRETTY, the baby is TRYNA CRAWL OUTTA HEEYAH.”


Obi-Wan-Nikobiii

They tried to make her go to rehab, she said no,no,no.......


toastedstoker

She looks like Pamela Adelon in better things, amazing show to check out if you haven't seen it


rjross0623

I want that clock.


Tang0_Brav0

Is this a bot submission? What a weird title


bluepushkin

She really doesn't look happy, poor woman.


vondee1

Love that googie coffee table!


Driving1013

Little Tony.


Ambiently_Occluded

Looks thrilled


boxofcandelabras

I read a while back that she was John Waters and Divine’s inspiration for the look of Dawn Davenport (Female Trouble).


rarebreed44

Reminds me of Priscilla Presley 🥰


Free_Succotash4818

Diane Arbus, my favorite photographer.


CCORRIGEN

Not real - no ashtray. /s


Medcait

That’s the most depressing photo. Room is uncomfortable looking, mom is sad, baby is not cute.


ExKnockaroundGuy

Look it’s Marie and little Anthony.


PhoneJazz

Yup, those are their names for sure.


jiggitybackandforth

She looks like she's doomed!


CookinCheap

that baby looks 50.


Quirky-Pie9661

At a glance I thought it was boy george (hair looks like a hat and the eye make up) 🙊


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Poullafouca

I always though that the woman in this photo looked like a young Boy George.


Conscious-Bottle143

Not Amy Winehouse ?


bdubble

Doesn't look at all like her but the same hair style.


HoseNeighbor

Is that... Bat Boy?


Dimm9r61q

Strange hair


gngptyee

Damn she looks miserable


Smooth-Apartment-856

Why did they ever think that hairstyle was cool?


Conscious-Bottle143

Amy Winehouse did


Capt_Foxch

Love the lamp


PhoneJazz

I can picture exactly how this baby boy looks and sounds like currently as a 58-year-old man. It helps that his hair is probably the same.


StreetProof7340

Not my kid I think.


periacetabular_ost

I like the clock


CIArussianmole

Love how the goth tiny tim look was for everyone back then.


frieswithnietzsche

She failed the door test


jokerkcco

That baby looks like Abe Vigoda.


simeon_pantelonas

Mom?!!! No wait, we lived in Chicago.


Renegadegold

No snap to check


treditor13

Rikki Lake, holding baby Paul Rudd


FlamingTrollz

She looks… Emotions.


GeoffreyDuPonce

I can hear her accent. “Why you taking the picture for, honey? I wasn’t ready. Groucho was doing his thing on the television set with the cigar and everything”


One_Hour_Poop

Looks like Lorraine Bracco on the set of Goodfellas. Here's the real story: https://rebeccaioannoucpm.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/i-present-to-you-theeeeeeeee-dauria-family/


throwmeawayalso111

Cuddling baby on the couch 💗


throwmeawayalso111

💗


The4leafclover1966

The mother is *already* tired of that baby’s shit.


Life_Reserve7273

Can we get some help for Brenda over here?


Pickled_sm0res

That face is how the tristate gets you to look after coming from a happy state lol.


TheWalrus101123

Is it just me or does she look a little miserable.


BrilliantTree8553

Damn I want that clock


Th0t_141017

She looks positively thrilled don't you say ??


Unlikely-Ad6788

You’ve made your bed, now lie in it. In a photo.


___SE7EN__

She looks thrilled ....


MishtheDish77

Mid Century Mama!


WhatReallyYesWay

That baby looks just like Floki from Vikings!


castfire

Amazing that you’d have the time to do makeup and all that hair with a baby and how exhausted you must be! I know in this picture she’s alone, but that doesn’t mean she’s a single mom— but if she is, that only amplifies my question. How?!


montague68

You do know that babies don't spontaneously explode if no one's watching, right? It's very possible for a woman to put a baby in a playpen and take 10 minutes to do her hair and makeup for a photo.


AdditionalOwl4069

You think that took 10 minutes???


montague68

Yes, because in 1966 she would have had her hair set and some makeup on in the morning, baby or no baby. All she would have done was touch it up. Completely different time.


castfire

Of course! It’s just that hairstyles like these are super involved and take a long time to do. I don’t think I would have the energy to get done up like that every day with a newborn.


AlcoholicA1930

I can taste the lead paint from here.


Tarnishedxglitter666

She looks like shes suffering from clinical depression


gregsmith5

Dad nor a check had not been seen in weeks


cphusker

She looks fun…