Disfarmer: A Portrait of America (2010)
• May 31st, 2010 • 0h 52min
Documentary
Overview
Mike Disfarmer, small town portrait photographer turned posthumous art star. This is the story of an eccentric curmudgeon and artistic icon whose powerful pictures of depression-era USA have left an unlikely mark on the modern Manhattan art world.
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