The Compassionate Eye

The life of the late photojournalist Horace Bristol, narrated by Graham Nash. Working with author John Steinbeck in the 1930s, Bristol's haunting photographs of migrant workers in California would inspire the literary classic, Grapes of Wrath. During World War II, Bristol worked in the Navy's photography unit under the legendary Edward Steichen. In 1959, when Horace's wife Virginia committed suicide, he destroyed all the prints and negatives he could find and left photojournalism. 35 years later, a trunk containing thousands of negatives was recovered. At 85, Bristol's life as a photojournalist was reborn. His final project documents a derelict oil refinery near his home in Ojai.

51 minutes
Filmmaker: David Rabinovitch
Documentary Feature

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