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Disfarmer: A Portrait of America

The life and legacy of a renowned American photographer are explored, highlighting their groundbreaking artistic vision that transformed the Manhattan art scene and had a profound impact on their native Heber Springs, Arkansas.

A portrait photographer in a small Arkansas town captured the lives and emotions of rural America during World Wars and the Great Depression, producing remarkable black and white portraits hailed as artistic genius and a classical episode in American photography.

Info about Disfarmer: A Portrait of America

Studio(s): Public Pictures

Originally Released: United States, May 31, 2010

Production Country: United States

Genres:Documentary