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The Encyclopedia of Photography’s Art and History

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

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

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Robert Frank: The Americans

Aperture, 1970

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Robert Frank: Photograph

Pantheon Books, 1991

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Robert Frank: The Americans

Scalo Verlag, 1998

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Les Américains. Photographies de Robert Frank

Delpire, 1986

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ROBERT FRANK EN AMERICA (Spanish Edition)

La Fábrica, 2016

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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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