This is not about Arbus or Hopper, really, but it is about a gal and a guy and about going to a place together where you don't buy anything because nothing's for sale. You just look. The stuff you look at is in this place because there is some consensus that the stuff is worth looking at. We came to see Hopper's stuff and ended up seeing Arbus' as well. Hopper and Arbus took photographs, and the stuff in them varied. Hopper's had people in them, many of them famous people, but there were pictures of places and advertisements and everyday stuff in them too. Arbus took pictures of people, mostly not famous people. We had never been to view stuff like this before together. Nevertheless by the time we got through Arbus we were both having fun, and we agreed we liked her stuff the best and we no longer worried about the consensus or saying the right thing. I recommend viewing stuff that's not for sale on a Sunday afternoon with a person you think you might love.
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