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First published in France in 1958, then in the United States in 1959, Robert Frank's The Americans changed the course of 20th-century photography
First published in France in 1958, then in the United States in 1959, Robert Frank's The Americans changed the course of twentieth-century photography. In 83 photographs, Frank looked beneath the surface of American life to reveal a people plagued by racism, ill-served by their politicians and rendered numb by a rapidly expanding culture of consumption. Yet he also found novel areas of beauty in simple, overlooked corners of American life. And it was not just Frank's subject matter--cars, jukeboxes and even the road itself--that redefined the icons of America; it was also his seemingly intuitive, immediate, off-kilter style, as well as his method of brilliantly linking his photographs together thematically, conceptually, formally and linguistically, that made The Americans so innovative. More of an ode or a poem than a literal document, the book is as powerful and provocative today as it was 56 years ago.Author: Robert Frank
Publisher: Steidl
Published: 05/15/2008
Pages: 180
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 7.50h x 8.50w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9783865215840
ISBN10: 386521584X
BISAC Categories:
- Photography | Photoessays & Documentaries
- Photography | Individual Photographers | General