No Hair Day Explained

No Hair Day
Director:Bob Burns
Producer:Bob Burns
Cinematography:Bob Burns
Editing:Bob Burns
Studio:Cambridge Studios Inc.
Distributor:WGBH
Runtime:60 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

No Hair Day: Laughing (and Crying) Our Way Through Cancer is a 1999 documentary film about a photo-shoot of three women undergoing treatment for breast cancer, which was broadcast on PBS on October 10, 2001, as part of the Independent Lens series[1] and on WGBX-TV.[2]

Background

Bob Burns of Cambridge Studios in Boston, Massachusetts filmed portrait artist Elsa Dorfman on 12 March 1998 taking large format 20x24 Polaroid photos of his wife, Debbie Dorsey, along with Libby Levinson and Carol Potoff as they posed in "chemo chic".[3] The women had met in a breast cancer support group, and all had lost their hair to chemotherapy at the time.[4] The hour-long documentary was produced by WGBH-TV.[5] The photos and film were exhibited by the DeCordova Museum from September 2000 to January 2001.[6] [7] [8] A decade later, the photos will be on display at the Danforth Museum of Art in Framingham, MA from September 11 - November 6, 2011.[9]

Book

Dorfman released a book of the same name in 2004 featuring the photographs of the shoot.[10] [11] She has said of the shoot that "The pictures are so perfect. The subject was so touching. I don't think I will have another day like that."[12]

Cast

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Visual Arts; Boston in focus; DeCordova charts when photography came of age in Hub. https://web.archive.org/web/20121022073834/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/60880472.html?dids=60880472:60880472&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+22,+2000&author=JOANNE+SILVER&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=Visual+Arts%3B+Boston+in+focus%3B+DeCordova+charts+when+photography+came+of+age+in+Hub&pqatl=google. dead. October 22, 2012. Silver. Joanne. 22 September 2000. Boston Herald. 2009-08-25.
  2. News: Honoring the bald and the beautiful. McQuaid. Cate. 5 February 2000. Boston Globe. 2009-08-25.
  3. News: Elsa Dorfman: 'Affection and connection' photographer lets subjects celebrate themselves and their Achilles' heels. McQuaid. Cate. 10 April 1998. Boston Globe. 2009-08-25.
  4. News: No Hair Day. New York Times. 2009-08-25 . Alessandra . Stanley.
  5. News: Denise DiIanni: Executive Producer of Local Productions for WGBH. Widman. Denise. October 2000. Imagine News. 2009-08-25.
  6. Web site: No Hair Day: Photographs by Elsa Dorfman, Film by Bob Burns. 20 July 2000. DeCordova Museum. 2009-08-25.
  7. News: The show goes on at open studios. Temin. Christine. 18 October 2000. Boston Globe. 2009-08-25.
  8. News: Weekending; South End artists invite you into their hearts, minds. https://web.archive.org/web/20121022081706/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/60533903.html?dids=60533903:60533903&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+16,+2000&author=Adam+Smith&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=Weekending%3B+South+End+artists+invite+you+into+their+hearts,+minds&pqatl=google. dead. October 22, 2012. Smith. Adam. 16 September 2000. Boston Herald. 2009-08-25.
  9. Web site: Danforth gets people talking about art and healing . 6 July 2012.
  10. Web site: New Books: No Hair Day by Elsa Dorfman BI '73. Stossel. Sage. Summer 2004. Radcliffe Quarterly. Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. 2009-08-25.
  11. Web site: No Hair Day. A collaboration by Elsa Dorfman. Damsker. Matt. iPhotoCentral. 2009-08-25.
  12. Web site: Interview with Elsa Dorfman. 28 June 2005. Mamut Photo. 2009-08-25.

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