The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography Poster

The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography

68.00% | June 2, 2017 | Documentary

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.

Featured Crew

Errol Morris
Director
Nathan Swingle
Cinematography
Steven Hathaway
Producer

Cast

Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg
Self (archive footage)
W.H. Auden
W.H. Auden
Self (archive footage)
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Self (archival footage)