· Indianapolis, Pace/MacGill Gallery. In his proposal to the Guggenheim Foundation in for the project that would become the seminal monograph The Americans, photographer. Robert Frank. wrote: “‘The photographing of America’ is a large order—read at all literally, the phrase would be an absurdity.”.Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins. There is no question that Robert Frank's The Americans is the most famous and influential photography book ever published. It was when the book first came out: a series of deceptively simple photographs that Frank took on a trip through America in '55 and '56, pictures of normal people, everyday scenes: lunch counters, bus depots, cars, a Introduction by Jack Kerouac/5. Robert Frank New York from The Americans, neg. –56, print
All pictures © Robert FrankTHE AMERICANS - by Robert FrankNB: No copyright infringement intended. I am a fan of Robert Frank's work, I love photo books, and. The Americans is the result of a 9 month trip through 30 U.S. States during Swiss-American photographer Robert Frank () shot what is variously estimated as between 20, to 28, Black White photographs during this 10, mile journey. The Americans, In October of , French publisher Robert Delpire released Les Américains in Paris. The following year Grove Press published The Americans in New York with an introduction by Jack Kerouac (the book was released in January ).. Like Frank's earlier books, the sequence of 83 pictures in The Americans is non-narrative and nonlinear; instead it uses thematic.
All pictures © Robert FrankTHE AMERICANS - by Robert FrankNB: No copyright infringement intended. I am a fan of Robert Frank's work, I love photo books, and. Notes. In his proposal to the Guggenheim Foundation in for the project that would become the seminal monograph The Americans, photographer Robert Frank wrote: “‘The photographing of America’ is a large order—read at all literally, the phrase would be an absurdity.”. The “total production” of such a project, he added, would be “voluminous.”. He wasn’t lying: Frank would end up shooting around 27, images on his journey across the country, which would be condensed. Photographs by Robert Frank. The Americans. This is the photo book that redefined what a photo book could be — personal, poetic, real. First published in , Robert Frank’s masterpiece still holds up — the selection of photos, and their sequence and pacing is fresh, rich, generous, and stunning.
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