Mike Disfarmer's Relatives Reach Settlement in Copyright Case Over Photographer's Work

His photos have come to symbolize small-town America during the Great Depression.

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The Fight Over Eccentric Arkansas Photographer Mike Disfarmer Continues

Who owns his photos?

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#MikeDisfarmer (1884-1959) was a #photographer known for his #portraits of everyday people in rural Arkansas taken in the 1920s-50s. His photographs were rediscovered in the 1970s.
Disfarmer charged 50¢ for 3 postcard sized photographs.
Considered an eccentric, Distarmer never married, + lived alone in the #photography studio until his death
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Mike Disfarmer (born Mike Meyer, 1884–1959) was a photographer known for his portraits of everyday people in rural Arkansas taken in the 1920s-1950s. His collection of stark photographs were rediscovered in the 1970s.

Disfarmer charged 50¢ for three postcard sized photographs. The subjects face the camera and rarely smile usually posing without props against a plain backdrop. Many are residents of Heber Springs.

Considered an eccentric, Disfarmer never married, and lived alone in the photography studio until his death.

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Mike Disfarmer (born Mike Meyer, 1884–1959) was a photographer known for his portraits of everyday people in rural Arkansas taken in the 1920s-1950s. His collection of stark photographs were rediscovered in the 1970s.

Disfarmer charged 50¢ for three postcard sized photographs. The subjects face the camera and rarely smile usually posing without props against a plain backdrop. Many are residents of Heber Springs.

Considered an eccentric, Disfarmer never married, and lived alone in the photography studio until his death.

#mikedisfarmer #disfarmer #photography #photographer #peopleofarkansas #portraitphotography #portrait #portraits #farmers #arkansas #hebersprings #fotografia #fotografie #bwphotography #bwphoto #schwarzweiss #schwarzweiss #eccentric #everydaypeople #smalltown #smalltownamerica

Mike Disfarmer (born Mike Meyer, 1884–1959) was a photographer known for his portraits of everyday people in rural Arkansas taken in the 1920s-1950s. His collection of stark photographs were rediscovered in the 1970s.

Disfarmer charged 50¢ for three postcard sized photographs. The subjects face the camera and rarely smile usually posing without props against a plain backdrop. Many are residents of Heber Springs.

Considered an eccentric, Disfarmer never married, and lived alone in the photography studio until his death.

#mikedisfarmer #disfarmer #photography #photographer #peopleofarkansas #portraitphotography #portrait #portraits #farmers #arkansas #hebersprings #fotografia #fotografie #bwphotography #bwphoto #schwarzweiss #schwarzweiss #eccentric #everydaypeople #smalltown #smalltownamerica

Mike Disfarmer (born Mike Meyer, 1884–1959) was a photographer known for his portraits of everyday people in rural Arkansas taken in the 1920s-1950s. His collection of stark photographs were rediscovered in the 1970s.

Disfarmer charged 50¢ for three postcard sized photographs. The subjects face the camera and rarely smile usually posing without props against a plain backdrop. Many are residents of Heber Springs.

Considered an eccentric, Disfarmer never married, and lived alone in the photography studio until his death.

#mikedisfarmer #disfarmer #photography #photographer #peopleofarkansas #portraitphotography #portrait #portraits #farmers #arkansas #hebersprings #fotografia #fotografie #bwphotography #bwphoto #schwarzweiss #schwarzweiss #eccentric #everydaypeople #smalltown #smalltownamerica