There is little doubt that these pictures, made towards the end of Arbus’s life, are among her most controversial. Arbus spent a long time trying to gain permission to shoot in institutions for the severely handicapped before finally gaining access in 1969. The best-known pictures feature a group of patients from New Jersey dressed in their Halloween masks. Arbus considered the project – labelled 'Untitled' by her daughter, Doon, after her death – part of her longstanding objective: "to photograph everybody". Having experimented with using flash in daylight, Arbus also felt these photographs were among her most technically successful. While these powerful pictures may remain shocking, they are a statement of Arbus’s bold commitment to photographing everyone, especially those on the margins of society.