- Hardcover: 180 pages
- Publisher: Steidl; Special edition edition (9 Jun 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 386521584X
- ISBN-13: 978-3865215840
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 18.8 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 181,021 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Contemporary America is revealed in candid, unconventional photographs.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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In 1955, Swiss photographer Robert Frank traveled around the United States on a Guggenheim Fellowship. The images he created were published first in France in 1958, and then the following year in America. Highly controversial in its day, "The Americans" gave us a much needed outsiders view of who we are as a people.
Frank is an incredibly skilled image maker, able communicate on many different levels with a single image. Jack Kerouac is the perfect person to write the intro to this book. Both artists worked in a similar way, using travel, speed and chance to communicate fleeting, yet deep, feelings about our complex culture.
Perfectly enjoyable by anyone with an interest in American culture, but essential for those practicing documentary photography.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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when I first got this book, it was one of the five books I had to get for a history of photography class. At first, I thought it was just another photo book with images that were not very spectacular to look at. Then my eyes were opened by my teacher. In the midst of these photographs of all different kinds of people doing what we call ordinary events, lied the human spirit.America as it was , when frank set out for his journey.In the most subtle way, he is able to tell us great stories of the conflicts, and the happenings of a country that was about to go through some major changes. It is a highly recommended book, and it is very rewarding, even for the photographer at heart.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Im a lover of photography, not a practitioner. My needs therefore are very much to be moved, to feel and to believe that what I am seeing is honest and representative. On all these counts Frank scores a 10. I have travelled extensively in the US and have always wanted to feel the normal existence and taste American life. In these photographs Frank captures just that. In truth this is plain and simple lovely art.
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Published on 15 April 2009 by S. Graham
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