Clarence John Laughlin (1983)
Louisiana Legends
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Interview
Place Covered: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 1982
Duration: 00:27:19
Subjects: LAUGHLIN, CLARENCE JOHN | Arts | Photographers | PLANTATIONS | Literature
Contributors:
- Weill, Gus Host
- Fowler, Ken Producer
- Breazeale, Kathryn Producer
- Laughlin, Clarence John Interviewee
Description
This episode of the series “Louisiana Legends” from January 14, 1983, features an interview with Clarence John Laughlin conducted by Gus Weill. Laughlin is a photographer best known for his surrealist photographs of the American South. He discusses: his childhood in Lake Charles and New Orleans; his book about plantations, “Ghosts Along the Mississippi”; his vast library of comic books and psychic phenomena; and his literary inspirations.