Disfarmer (Mike Meyer)

♂ *1884-1959 / United States

Works

Solo exhibitions

The Vintage Prints

Galerie Edwynn Houk, Zürich (CH)
8 Sep 2016 – 12 Nov 2016
Remnants: Photographs from the Disfarmer Studio

UNM Art Museum, Albuquerque (US)
25 Mar 2016 – 16 Jun 2016
The Vintage Prints

foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam (NL)
18 Mar 2016 – 5 Jun 2016
In America: Soul of a People, 1939-1946.

Bernal Espacio, Madrid (ES)
5 May 2016 – 4 Jun 2016
Becoming Disfarmer

The Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase (US)
9 Nov 2014 – 22 Mar 2015
Cleburne County Portraits

Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City (US)
24 Jan 2013 – 14 Jul 2013
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Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto (CA)
6 Dec 2008 – 31 Jan 2009
Women

Steven Kasher Gallery, New York (US)
10 Jan 2008 – 2 Feb 2008
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Steven Kasher Gallery, New York (US)
8 Sep 2005 – 29 Oct 2005
Selections from the Miller/Scully Collection

Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York (US)
16 Sep 2005 – 22 Oct 2005
The Vintage Prints

Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York (US)
8 Sep 2005 – 15 Oct 2005
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Panoptikon, Stockholm (SE)
12 Feb 2005 – 20 Mar 2005
I ritratti di Heber Springs, 1939-1946

Spazio Foto Credito Artigiano, Firenze (IT)
27 Apr 2004 – 19 Jun 2004
De Heber Springs portretten (1939-1946)

Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
17 Jan 2004 – 11 Apr 2004
En av HasselbladCenters bästa produktioner

fotomuseet Sundsvall, Sundsvall (SE)
29 Oct 2003 – 13 Dec 2003
Early 20th century photographs of Arkansas rural community

Atlas Gallery, London (GB)
6 Mar 2003 – 19 Apr 2003

Group

Families

FOMU Fotomuseum Antwerp, Antwerp (BE)
20 Mar 2026 – 23 May 2027

with Helene A. Amouzou, Emmy Andriesse, Diane Arbus, Cecil Beaton, Tom Callemin, Julia Margaret Cameron, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Lynne Cohen, Bieke Depoorter, Omar Victor Diop, Robert Doisneau, Alfred Eisenstaedt …
Suddenly there was nothing

Photos on Fridges

Harkawik, New York (US)
8 Nov 2025 – 10 Jan 2026

with Amy Adler, Farah Al Qasimi, Merry Alpern, Laurie Anderson, Nobuyoshi Araki, Diane Arbus, Olivia Arthur, Michel Auder, Michael Bailey-Gates, Nikolay Bakharev, Lewis Baltz, Jared Bark …
Coming into Focus

A Snapshot of Photography at the Nasher

Nasher Museum of Art, Durham (US)
17 Jul 2025 – 4 Jan 2026

with Berenice Abbott, Anonymous, Peter Henry Emerson, Genevieve Gaignard, Barkley L. Hendricks, Ken Heyman, David Octavius Hill, Andre Kertesz, Mary Ellen Mark, Felix Nadar, Arthur Rothstein, Cindy Sherman …
David Kronn Collection

Irish Museum Modern Art, Dublin (IE)
28 Oct 2024 – 26 Jan 2025

with Berenice Abbott, Doug DuBois, Rosalind Fox Solomon, Martine Franck, Andre Kertesz, Robert Glenn Ketchum, Richard Misrach, Martin Munkacsi, Irving Penn, Bettina Rheims, Herb Ritts, Trine Sondergaard / Nicolai Howalt …
Studio/Archive

Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs (US)
3 Feb 2024 – 9 Jun 2024

with Elger Esser, Ja'Tovia Gary, Kahlil Robert Irving, Annette Kelm, Zanele Muholi, Vik Muniz, Alice O’Malley, Joachim Schmid, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Malick Sidibe, Sanlé Sory, Mickalene Thomas …
Double Take

Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines (US)
1 Sep 2023 – 18 Feb 2024

with Diane Arbus, Dimitry Baltermants, Julie Blackmon, Hans Breder, Harry Callahan, Judy Dater, Jeanne Dunning, Larry Fink, Leonard Freed, Nathan Lerner, Leon Levinstein, Jacques Lowe …
Facing Ourselves

Mike Disfarmer and the American Portrait

Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk (US)
16 Dec 2022 – 14 May 2023

with Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Kwame Brathwaite, Irving Penn, James Van Der Zee
Al descubierto

Obras seleccionadas de The Howard Greenberg Gallery

Fundación Canal, Madrid (ES)
22 Mar 2022 – 28 Aug 2022

with Berenice Abbott, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Diane Arbus, Eve Arnold, Eugene Atget, Robert Capa, Bruce Davidson, William Eggleston, Elliott Erwitt, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Horst P. Horst …
WITHOUT A WORD

portrait photographs from the private collection of Bill W

The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver (CA)
20 Sep 2019 – 17 Nov 2019

with Berenice Abbott, Shelby Lee Adams, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Micha Bar-Am, Edouard Boubat, Pierre Boucher, William Claxton, Robert Doisneau, Walker Evans, Philip Jones Griffiths, Fred Herzog, Fan Ho …
ATLAS GALLERY: CELEBRATING 25 YEARS

Atlas Gallery, London (GB)
12 Jul 2019 – 31 Aug 2019

with Ansel Adams, Harry Benson, Nick Brandt, Rene Burri, Richard Caldicott, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Jewgeni Chaldej, Frauke Eigen, Arthur Elgort, Ernst Haas, Sam Haskins …
Sleep with the Fishes

Robert Mann Gallery, New York (US)
8 Jul 2019 – 16 Aug 2019

with Manuel Carrillo, Keith Carter, David Douglas Duncan, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Walker Evans, Leslie Gill, Heinz Hajek-Halke, Cig Harvey, Elisabeth Hase, Graciela Iturbide, Kenneth Josephson, Andre Kertesz …
De l'archive à l'Histoire

Howard Greenberg Gallery

Campredon centre d'art, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (FR)
9 Mar 2019 – 9 Jun 2019

with Berenice Abbott, Nobuyoshi Araki, Eve Arnold, Eugene Atget, Lillian Bassman, Lou Bernstein, Bill Brandt, Harry Callahan, Robert Capa, Mark Citret, Horacio Coppola, Bruce Davidson …
Brought to Light

Revelatory Photographs in the Santa Barbara Museum of Art Collection

Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara (US)
28 Jan 2018 – 22 Apr 2018

with Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Dawoud Bey, Jewgeni Chaldej, Bevan Davies, Harold E. Edgerton, Anthony Hernandez, Barbara Kasten, Inge Morath, Gordon Parks, Masao Yamamoto
From Riches to Rags

American Photography in the Depression

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland (US)
13 Aug 2017 – 31 Dec 2017

with Arthur Ann Segan, Imogen Cunningham, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Paul Outerbridge, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, James Van Der Zee, Edward Weston
GREENBERG BY KAHMANN

Highlights from the Howard Greenberg Gallery collection

Hungry Eye < KAHMANN, Amsterdam (NL)
23 Sep 2017 – 23 Dec 2017

with Martine Franck, Robert Frank, Andre Kertesz, William Klein, Joel Meyerowitz, Martin Munkacsi, Marvin E. Newman, Arnold Newman, Ruth Orkin, Gordon Parks, Dennis Stock
Family

Akron Art Museum, Akron (US)
25 Feb 2017 – 20 Aug 2017

with Diane Arbus, TR Ericsson, Larry Fink, Helen Levitt, Danny Lyon, Mary Ellen Mark, Joe Vitone, Carrie Mae Weems
Faces From Places

L. Parker Stephenson, New York (US)
6 May 2016 – 16 Jul 2016

with Hiroh Kikai, Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, Malick Sidibe, Jacques Sonck
Celebrating 20 Years

Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto (CA)
24 Mar 2015 – 25 Apr 2015

with Benoit Aquin, Phil Bergerson, Robert Bourdeau, Bruce Davidson, Gerry Deiter, Lutz Dille, William Eakin, Elliott Erwitt, Fausta Facciponte, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Daniel & Geo Fuchs …
La morada del hombre

Fundacion Foto Colectania, Barcelona (ES)
23 Feb 2012 – 16 Jun 2012

with Berenice Abbott, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Miriam Baeckstroem, Lewis Baltz, Herbert Bayer, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Jeff Brouws, Alain Bublex, Gregory Crewdson, Luc Delahaye, Thomas Demand, Stan Douglas …
Gwangju Biennale 2010 - 10,000 Lives

The Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju (KR)
3 Sep 2010 – 7 Nov 2010

with Pawel Althamer, Anna Artaker, Tauba Auerbach, Morton Bartlett, Hans Bellmer, Ernest James Bellocq, Nayland Blake, Irina Botea, Duncan Campbell, Jacques Charlier, Anne Collier, Roberto Cuoghi …
Photography Collection: Rotation 6

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
7 Aug 2009 – 22 Mar 2010

with Ansel Adams, Olympe Aguado, Lucien Aigner, Emmy Andriesse, Diane Arbus, Eugene Atget, Richard Avedon, Edouard Baldus, Auguste Belloc, Ilse Bing, Bisson Freres, Brassai …
This Is Not a Fashion Photograph

International Center of Photography - Year of Fashion

ICP Center of Photography, New York (US)
16 Jan 2009 – 3 May 2009

with Berenice Abbott, Shelby Lee Adams, Sid Avery, Tina Barney, Ernest James Bellocq, Ilse Bing, Harry Callahan, Robert Capa, Larry Clark, Mark Cohen, Bruce Davidson, Walker Evans …
AMERICAN STORIES 1930-1970

ArteF, Zürich (CH)
2 Mar 2007 – 14 Apr 2007

with Margaret Bourke-White, Robert Capa, Walker Evans, Lewis Hine, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, Gordon Parks, Ben Shahn, W. Eugene Smith
ALTER EGO Anthropologies involontaires

Jeu de Paume, Paris (FR)
17 Jan 2003 – 23 Mar 2003

with Antranik Anouchian, Martin Chambi, Amélie Galup, Norbert Ghisoland, Seydou Keita, Virxilio Vieitez

Events

Dialogue Vintage Photo Fair

1700 m2 of vintage photography & photo books

Dialogue Vintage Photo Fair, Amsterdam (NL)

with Eugene Atget, Eugene Atget, Edouard Baldus, Julia Margaret Cameron, Hans de Kort, Leo Erken, Roger Fenton, Willy Kessels, Kees Scherer, Bert Teunissen, Ruth van Beek