Camp reality of the urban "flâneuses" in the photography of Lisette Model and Diane Arbus

The main purpose of this essay is to discuss selected photographs of American photographers Diane Arbus and Lisette Model. The artists, who can be also called modern flâneuses, strolled the streets of Paris and New York in order to take pictures of the urban leisured class. An important element of the analysis is to demonstrate the women’s point of view presented in the works of Arbus and Model. Furthermore, particular works of these authors are discussed in the context of the camp theory, created by Susan Sontag. My aim is to prove that camp is reflected not only in the portrayed characters, but also it is included in the gaze of the artist.