ROBERT FRANK - The Americans - 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.
Robert Frank (November 9, 1924 - September 9, 2019) was a Swiss photographer and documentary filmmaker, who became an American binational. His most notable work, the 1958 book titled The Americans, earned Frank comparisons to a modern-day de Tocqueville for his fresh and nuanced outsider's view of American society.

[@WondrousEarth]

Moments captured in time, so imaginative a photographer, outstanding work.

[@jrnstensvold5984]

Magic pictures, great music! Thank you!!

[@sergiocarrera5805]

Simply... enchanting...!!
Thank u !

[@denisgosselin9759]

Incontournable! "Les américains" et un des seuls livres de ma bibliothèque photo que je peux relire sans jamais me lasser. Il fait partie du top 5 des livres photo avec "Images à la sauvette" de Henri Cartier-Bresson. Toutes les photos de ta vidéo ne font pas de partie du livre mais n'enlève en rien à la qualité de ta réalisation rehaussée par le choix de la musique 👍.

[@stephenroberts7828]

Stunning work as always.Thnx for sharing

[@crystaldisk549]

Beautiful!

[@larrypeterson9534]

He inspired so many of us.

[@Merlaine777]

Superbe ! Plongée noire au coeur d un monde aboli : visages, textures, composition, musique... d ailleurs quel est ce jazz ?
MERCI !

[@JohnnyFlips]

I just found the 1959 first edition of this at an estate sale for $4. Worth over $1500 edit: it sold for $525. It was missing the dust jacket and a page was disconnected from the binding.

[@rajsingharora26]

Third video of yours from Mexico to Russia to USA & the apt use of Music in all.

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