The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography
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2017-06-30
Portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman found her medium in 1980: the larger-than-life Polaroid Land 20x24 camera. For the next thirty-five years, she captured the “surfaces” of those who visited her studio: families, Beat poets, rock stars, and Harvard notables. As pictures begin to fade and her retirement looms, Dorfman gives Errol Morris an inside tour of her backyard archive.
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Portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman found her medium in 1980: the larger-than-life Polaroid Land 20x24 camera. For the next thirty-five years, she captured the “surfaces” of those who visited her studio: families, Beat poets, rock stars, and Harvard notables. As pictures begin to fade and her retirement looms, Dorfman gives Errol Morris an inside tour of her backyard archive.
Released
2017-06-30
Runtime
76
Director
Jesse Wann
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Genres
Documentary
Language
English
Production
Fourth Floor Productions
Moxie Pictures
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Elsa Dorfman
Elsa Dorfman
Errol Morris
Errol Morris
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg
W.H. Auden
W.H. Auden
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Anaïs Nin
Anaïs Nin
Andrea Dworkin
Andrea DworkinAndrew Wylie
Andrew WylieVictor Bockris
Victor BockrisGail Mazur
Gail MazurHarvey Silverglate
Harvey SilverglateAudre Lorde
Audre LordeAnne Sexton
Anne SextonPeter Orlovsky
Peter Orlovsky
Jack Elliott
Jack ElliottEd Sanders
Ed Sanders