Picture Man: the Poetry of Photographer Milton Rogovin

2009
Producer: Mark Rogovin
Editor: Sharon Karp
Cameraman: Isador Bleckman
Original Editing: Sheera Bleckman
Music: Mark Dvorak
RT. 19 min, 35 sec.

Picture Man: the Poetry of Photographer Milton Rogovin At age 89, Rogovin determined that he had more to say about the lives of the people in his photographs. He wrote poems about some of his most meaningful images – some poems were funny and others were serious. These photo/poems were woven into this 20 min. film, Picture Man: The Poetry of Photographer Milton Rogovin.

Be Filled With the Spirit, Storefront Churches

2011

Director: Mark Rogovin
Camera and Editor: Sharon Karp
RT. 8 min, 46 sec.

Be Filled With the Spirit is a dynamic look into the traditions of the black storefront churches as photographed by noted social documentary photographer, Milton Rogovin.

Encouraged by renowned African-American sociologist Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois, Rogovin photographed the storefront churches of Buffalo, New York for three years. The images are filled with the movement and expression of worship. With music and preaching recorded at the services, the energy of Rogovin's photographs come to life.

Featuring interviews with Alton B. Pollard III, Dean of Howard University School of Divinity and Milton Rogovin, this film will draw you into the storefront churches and leave you wanting more.

Milton Rogovin is a social documentary photographer who focused his lens on the poor and working people in ten nations. Rogovin is best known for his dignified images of everyday people at work and at home, and families he revisited over 30 years.