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The Encyclopedia of Photography’s Art and History

"The Americans", Robert Frank (1924-2019) | PhotoAnthology

The Americans

Robert Frank (1924-2019)

1950s America’s complexities through a foreigner’s unfiltered lens, documenting tensions between national ideals and everyday realities.

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The Americans

Robert Frank (1924-2019)

1950s America’s complexities through a foreigner’s unfiltered lens, documenting tensions between national ideals and everyday realities.

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Parade — Hoboken, New Jersey

Yom Kippur — East River, New York City

U.S. 285, New Mexico

Car accident — U.S. 66, between Winslow and Flagstaff, Arizona

Trolley — New Orleans

Political rally — Chicago

St. Petersburg, Florida

Public park — Cleveland, Ohio

Ranch market — Hollywood

Men’s room, railway station — Memphis, Tennessee

Navy Recruiting Station, Post Office — Butte, Montana

Coffee shop, railway station — Indianapolis

Rodeo — Detroit

Funeral — St. Helena, South Carolina

Motorama — Los Angeles

Fourth of July — Jay, New York

Belle Isle, Detroit

Canal Street — New Orleans

Drive-in movie — Detroit

Movie premiere — Hollywood

Charleston, South Carolina

Elevator - Miami Beach

U.S. 91, leaving Blackfoot, Idaho

Bar — Las Vegas, Nevada

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Books

Robert Frank: The Americans

Aperture, 1970

Robert Frank: Photograph

Pantheon Books, 1991

Robert Frank: The Americans

Scalo Verlag, 1998

Les Américains. Photographies de Robert Frank

Delpire, 1986

ROBERT FRANK EN AMERICA (Spanish Edition)

La Fábrica, 2016

Robert Frank

Gordon Fraser, 1976

More by Robert Frank

Longchamp, 1949. Image courtesy of National Gallery of Art.

Robert Frank (1924-2019)

Atmospheric and personal depiction of post-war Paris, focusing on the interplay of solitude, urban rhythms, and fleeting human moments.

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