The American photographer Diane Arbus (1923-1971) took striking pictures of people living in the margins of society. It is almost impossible not to be moved in many different ways by some of her photographs; her subjects may be freaks, but they also look at us intently, unashamed of their strange condition.
Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park, New York City (1962) – Image taken from Wikipedia
This is the first part of a documentary on her: