Doon Arbus, (born 1945), daughter of actor
Allan Arbus and the late photographer
Diane Arbus, is a
writer and
journalist. Her sister,
Amy Arbus, is a photojournalist. According to The New York Times, Doon was 26 years old when her mother died.
Doon Arbus is a long-time collaborator of
Richard Avedon with whom she co-authored the books,
Avedon: The Sixties and
Alice in Wonderland: The Forming of a Company, the Making of a Play. She has written for magazines including
Rolling Stone and
The Nation. Arbus has also authored or contributed to several books about her mother including,
Diane Arbus Revelations, published by Random House (ISBN 0-375-50620-9). She also edited and designed (with Yolanda Cuomo)
Untitled by Diane Arbus, published by Aperture in 1995.