Backwoods Genius (Kindle Single)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.60 (960 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00986ZD7W |
| Format Type | : | |
| Number of Pages | : | 292 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Would any of this have happened if a young New York photographer hadn’t been so in love with a pretty model that he was willing to give up his career for her; if a preacher’s son from Arkansas hadn’t spent 30 years in the Army Corps of Engineers mapping the U.S. from an airplane; if a magazine editor hadn’t felt a strange and powerful connection to the work? The cast of characters includes these, plus a restless and wealthy young Chicago aristocrat and even a grandson of FDR. Until now, the whole story has not been told.. It’s a compelling story which reveals how these diverse people were part of a chain of events whose far-reaching consequences none of them could have foreseen, least of all the strange and reclusive genius of Heber Springs. How did it happen, then, that the most implausible of events took place? That Disfarmer’s haunting portraits were retrieved from oblivion, that today they sell for upwards of $12,000 each at posh New York art galleries; his photographs proclaimed works of art by prestigious critics and journals and exhibited around the world? The story of Disfarmer’s rise to fame is a colorful, improbabl
This is a beautiful and a strangely hopeful story about the lasting power of a humble and reclusive photographer's rare gift. As editor of Modern Photography magazine at the time, Scully played a key role in championing the intimate beauty of Disfarmer's work, which captured both the poverty and stoic resilience of his subjects, most of them residents of Heber Springs, Arkansas. The New York Times called Disfarmer's work "an outstanding discovery" and he has since become the subject of books, films, and exhibitions, his black and white mini-masterpieces selling for thousands of dollars and hanging in New York City’s MOMA and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. What a quirky gem of a story. (See for yourself at disfarmer.) Scully helped publish a book about Disfarmer in 1976, which prompted comparisons to Diane Arbus and Richard Avedon. --Nea
Amazon mom said Seems to be an intro for a longer book. Typical Kindle Single?. Well, this was my first Kindle Single. Guess I should've researched the purpose of Singles first but I jumped the gun because this one sounded so interesting. In the end, it left me a little frustrated because I discovered ta-da! A Kindle Single is SHORT! This was basically a medium to long-ish sized magazine article. It outlines how cool the discovery of Disfarmer's work was, wha. Chance played a huge role in bringing Disfarmer's work to light Author Julia Scully has written a fascinating account of how an obscure small-town portrait photographer's work came to light after many years of sitting in boxes in an exposed carport. The town was Heber Springs, Arkansas, and the photographer was Mike Disfarmer (although he had changed his birth name of Meyer). For 50¢, a family got three postcard-sized prints from Disfarme. Photographing Ozark Cotton Farmers of 30's Amazon Customer A photographic record of poor families lives in small Ozark communities in 1930's and. 40's,by an eccentric bachelor photographer whocaptured on old glass plates the significant events in their lives. Fortuitously, over a decade or two, these photos survived without any knowledge of their value until accidently discovered by a new couple in town who saw the unique quality of this