The V&As major exhibition this autumn is Diane Arbus Revelations. Arbus is the legendary New York photographer whose work captured 1950s and 1960s America and transformed the art of photography. The exhibition is the largest retrospective of her work ever assembled and is the first international Arbus exhibition for over 30 years.

The exhibition consists of nearly 200 of the artist's most significant photographs. Prints are drawn from major public and private collections throughout the world and include many images that have never been exhibited publicly. Among the works on display are such iconic images as 'Identical twins, Roselle, N.J. 1967' and 'A young man in curlers at home on West 20th Street, N.Y.C. 1966'. Benefiting from new research, the exhibition also reveals the artist's methodology and intellectual influences through an innovative presentation of contact sheets, cameras, letters, notebooks, and other writings, as well as books and ephemera from Arbus's personal library.

Mark Jones, the director of the V&A, said: “Diane Arbus changed the face of photography with her powerful and moving photographs which captured 1950s and 1960s America. She has had a profound influence on photographers ever since and on the way we look at our fellow human beings. This is a long overdue retrospective which shows her work is as compelling as ever.”