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Michael Disfarmer — Selected Images
Michael Disfarmer

Selected Images

Three gelatin silver prints by Michael Disfarmer capture the raw, unadorned humanity of rural Arkansas residents from the mid-20th century. Disfarmer's stark, straightforward portraiture strips away artifice, presenting his subjects with an unflinching honesty that reveals both their vulnerability and quiet dignity. The gelatin silver medium lends the images a luminous tonal depth, reinforcing the timeless, haunting quality that has made Disfarmer's work a celebrated document of American vernacular photography.

Medium
Three gelatin silver prints.

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Photographs from the Art Institute of Chicago - Online Only

December 22, 2014

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Michael Disfarmer, Selected Images

Three gelatin silver prints by Michael Disfarmer capture the raw, unadorned humanity of rural Arkansas residents from the mid-20th century. Disfarmer's stark, straightforward portraiture strips away artifice, presenting his subjects with an unflinching honesty that reveals both their vulnerability and quiet dignity. The gelatin silver medium lends the images a luminous tonal depth, reinforcing the timeless, haunting quality that has made Disfarmer's work a celebrated document of American vernacular photography.

Medium
Three gelatin silver prints.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

20th Century, Rural Americana, Vernacular Photography, Male Artist, Documentary Photography, Gelatin Silver Print, Outsider Art, American Photographer, Portrait Photography, Black and White

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