Original double weight photograph of Robert J. Flaherty with his camera
- N.p.: N.p., 1930
N.p.: N.p., 1930. Vintage double weight photograph of director Robert J. Flaherty with a camera, circa the 1930s. With manuscript pencil annotations on the verso.
Known as the father of documentary, Flaherty mixed real life footage with staged events to capture portraits of people surviving in extreme environments in films such as "Nanook of the North" (1922), "Moana" (1926), and "Man of Aran" (1934), which he would have be shooting around the time this photograph was taken.
9.25 x 7 inches. Pinholes to the corners, else Near Fine.
Known as the father of documentary, Flaherty mixed real life footage with staged events to capture portraits of people surviving in extreme environments in films such as "Nanook of the North" (1922), "Moana" (1926), and "Man of Aran" (1934), which he would have be shooting around the time this photograph was taken.
9.25 x 7 inches. Pinholes to the corners, else Near Fine.