Robert Frank: The Americans - (Hardcover)

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First published in France in 1958, then in the United States in 1959, Robert Frank's 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 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. Highlights: n. O. T. _. F. O. U. N. D Specifications: Number of Pages: 180 Genre: Photography Sub-Genre: Photoessays & Documentaries Format: Hardcover Publisher: Steidl Age Range: Adult Language: English.