I have an amusing story about how I became familiar with the documentary Disfarmer: A Portrait of America, which is the amazing story of how the work of depression era photographer Michael Disfarmer was discovered. One of his photos captured my eye on a Turkish link site, of all places, and I made a mental note to take a closer look later. Later that day, while looking at the artwork of an old friend (Hava Gurevich) I noticed that of all the odd coincidences, she was involved with the very same project. Although I’m not an active photographer at this point, I’ve loved photography all my life. I had a Kodak 620 camera when I was six; just ask me for samples of my work…that may have been the apex of my career! In any case, I’ve always just sort of laughed off the question of whether or not it’s “art”; just look at work by bigger names like Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Edward Weston, or Hiroshi Sugimoto, and it becomes a moot point. That’s why it was an incredible pleasure to stumble upon the work of Michael Disfarmer. I’ve always been fascinated with depression era and WWII photos of the sort you might find on the Library of Congress’ Farm Security Administration site or the FDR Library site, but Michael Disfarmer’s photos capture an incredible inner something in almost every single subject. They’re powerful, magical, and many other words that won’t begin to do the images justice. The clip featured here is a one-minute teaser for the film that is slated for release this fall; you can catch another trailer and a 20-minute preview on Vimeo.