Collection search - Disfarmer: A Portrait of America
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Record information – Brief Disfarmer: A Portrait of America
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:2010 ?Item number (ISN):474353Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADIAN TELEVISION FUNDAccession:2012-0039Media:VideoPart:1 of 1Production date:2010 ?Production company:TV OntarioProduction credit:Director, Martin LavutCurrent distributor:cnDescription:"In the small mountain town of Heber Springs, the Arkansas portrait photographer known as Mike Disfarmer captured the lives and emotions of the people of rural America during the two World Wars and the Great Depression. Critics have hailed Disfarmer's remarkable black and white portraits as "a work of artistic genius" and "a classical episode in the history of American photography." This documentary discovers an American master, his incredible posthumous influence on the modern Manhattan art world, and the legacy he left behind in his hometown of Heber Springs." <52mn>Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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