The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography

The read

It runs a compact 1h 16m.

Synopsis

Portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman found her medium in 1980: the larger-than-life Polaroid Land 20x24 camera. For the next 35 years, she captures the 'surfaces' of those who visit 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.

Ratings

Key crew

• Errol MorrisDirector
• Paul Leonard-MorganOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• Elsa DorfmanSelf
• Errol MorrisSelf

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