books: 1939-1946 heber ... (springs limited edition)

books: 1939-1946 heber ...

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Disfarmer: The Heber Springs portraits, 1939-1946

2 reviews
Julia Scully

Addison House, 1976

Refute of facts in another reviewer's review...
I haven't seen this book yet - it's something I'm contemplating buying - but thought it was important for readers to know that Mike Disfarmer did not grow up in the town where he took the photos that made him famous, nor did he ever, to my knowledge, wake up with amnesia! He did change his name from Meyer (farmer in German) to DisFarmer, to dissociate himself from his family. He is famous for ...

Disfarmer: 1939-1946 Heber Springs Portraits

3 reviews

Twin Palms Publishers, 1996

Fabulous
If you love photography and love portraiture, you have to see this book. Mike Disfarmer sees his subjects as nobody has seen them before. If Avedon had a photo studio in Herber Springs, Arkansas, his photographs may have only looked half as interesting.

1939 - 1946 Heber Springs Portraits DISFARMER, 1st Edition Limited to 4,000 Copies
Julia Scully, 1996

This first edition of Disfarmer is limited to 4,00 case-bound copies. The photographs are copyright by Peter Miller, The Group, Inc.; and Julia Scully. The book was edited and designed by Jack Woody. The text was edited by Robin Jacobson and typeset by Eleanor Caponigro in the digital version of Monotype Bulmer. The photographs are reproduced using the sheet-fed gravure process on uncoated Japanese paper by the Nissha Printing Company, Kyoto ...