The New Yorker

Posted on July 13, 2021

Big thanks to the New Yorker for the opportunity to work on a fascinating story!

Link to full article here: Who Owns Mike Disfarmer’s Photographs?

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Ellen Stewart, one of Disfarmer’s great-nieces, holds a portrait that he took of her parents on their wedding day. Photograph by Rachel Boillot for The New Yorker

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The group of relatives fighting for control of Disfarmer’s estate, including Ruth Kirkemier, one of Disfarmer’s great-nieces, is now about sixty strong.

Photograph by Rachel Boillot for The New Yorker