About this title: Mike Disfarmer, an eccentric local recluse, photographed the residents of Heber Springs, Arkansas, in his studio on Main Street in the 1930s and 1940s. His glass-plate negatives were discovered fifteen years after his death. When she first saw an exhibit of Mike Disfarmer's portraits, Toba Tucker was intrigued by their raw honesty. Her curiosity drew her to Heber Springs, where she lived for two years, making portraits of some of the same people Disfarmer photographed and of many of their relatives and descendants who still live there. This unusual book is a rephotographic study. Toba Tucker ...
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780826317346ISBN:0826317340
Description: Near Fine. Light rub rear cover. A rephotographic study of Mike Disfarmer's portrait photography of residents of Heber Springs, Arkansas in the 1930s-40s. Toba Pato Tucker rephotographed some of the same subjects, their descendants and relatives. She shows ways in which small town life in America has and hasn't changed since the 1940s. Essay by Alan Trachtenberg, Professor of American Studies at Yale University. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780826317346ISBN:0826317340
Description: Very Good+ to Near Fine. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Essay by Alan trachtenberg. Corners slightly bumped and slight wrinkling to one rear corner. A nice copy. read more
Edition: F First Edition
Binding: S Paperback
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780826317346ISBN:0826317340
Description: Tucker, Toba Pato (photographer); Over 60 b/w Photographs. Near Fine. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall Slight rubbing to wrappers (chiefly to extremities); else a near fine copy internally. xii, 104 pages. Updating of the series of portrait studies by Disfarmer in the small Arkansas town in the 1930's (in general of the same people in the same settings). Foreword by Helen A. Harrison; additional essay by Alan Trachtenberg; includes a few bibliographical references. read more
Edition: F First Edition
Binding: S Paperback
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780826317346ISBN:0826317340
Description: Tucker, Toba Pato (photographer); Over 60 b/w Photographs. Near Fine. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall Slight creases and rubbing to wrappers; else a near fine copy internally. xii, 104 pages. Updating of the series of portrait studies by Disfarmer in the small Arkansas town in the 1930's (in general of the same people in the same settings). Foreword by Helen A. Harrison; additional essay by Alan Trachtenberg; includes a few bibliographical references. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Large HB
Publisher: U. of New Mexico Press
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780826317339ISBN:0826317332
Description: As New in As New dust jacket. 0826317332. In DJ with no cuts or tears. Not price clipped. 1st edition, 1st printing. Not clipped, no markings. Not remaindered.; Photographs; 4to; 104 pages; Great copy! read more
Description: Good. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
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