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The Disfarmer Project is dedicated to preserving the legacy of the great American portrait photographer Mike Disfarmer (1884-1959). Please browse our website for images, news and information about Disfarmer.

We are grateful for the ongoing support from the community of Heber Springs, Arkansas, for this historical reclamation project.

DISFARMER NEWS: Puppet Part of the BAMcinématek series Puppets on Film Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 6:50pm Introduction by David Soll and puppeteer Chris Green Directed by David Soll (2010) 78min Interweaving a broad look at the fraught history of American puppetry—from its marginalization as children’s theater to its sudden explosion as high art—with an intimate look at downtown artist Dan Hurlin, this documentary follows him as he creates a complex puppet work about eccentric Depression-era photographer Mike Disfarmer. for additional information visit the BAM website Disfarmer: A Portrait of America A documentary about Disfarmer is set to premiere at the 19th Hot Springs International Film Festival Executive Producers: Mark Johnston & Amanda Handy Producer: Dennis Mohr Director: Martin Lavut DP: Rudi Kovanic Sound: Glenn Hodgins Editor: Rob Ruzic Associate Producer: Hava Gurevich Exclusive First Listen: Bill Frisell, 'Disfarmer' By Patrick Jarenwattananon © photo Jimmy Katz Jazz guitarist Bill Frisell has assembled a 21st-century string band to record an album inspired by Mike Disfarmer's work. NPR.org, July 13, 2009 - This album is called Disfarmer, and it's by Bill Frisell. Frisell, you may know: He's a guitar tactician with warmth and a composer of unclassifiable songs. As a solo artist, Frisell is known largely for drawing upon the affects of Americana — folk, country and western, what-have-you — in ways you wouldn't immediately call jazz, but which draw from jazz in a way that implies no better descriptor. MORE art2art is proud to circulate this important exhibition in association with the Disfarmer Project. The photographs are selected from the private collection of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg. For information please visit www.art2art.org DISFARMER: THE VINTAGE PRINTS Exhibition information Dan Hurlin : Everyday Uses for Sight No. 6: Disfarmer Everyday Uses for Sight No. 6: Disfarmer,  premiering in February 2009 at St. Ann's Warehouse, Brooklyn, NY , is a piece of Puppet Theater that examines the contradictions in the life of an American hermit. Alone but not despairing, longing but not lonely, Disfarmer is represented by a series of puppets, each an exact reprint of the last, except 2 inches smaller. During the course of the play, Disfarmer shrinks like the rest of rural America, until he is completely gone, and we are left with the quiet and nervous expectancy of standing perfectly still for a long exposure. MORE

Learn about Disfarmer:

A brief biography of Disfarmer by noted author Rick Woodward may be found here.

News articles and reviews concerning Disfarmer can be found here.