The Americans

by Frank, Robert

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Title Statements

Full title :The Americans / Photographs by Robert Frank ; Introduction by Jack Kerouac.

Summary

"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"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2008
Edition:Twelfth Steidl edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Steidl
Place of Publication:Göttingen, Germany
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2008

Notes

First edition published in 1958 by Robert Delpire.

The Physical Object

Description:1 volume (unpaged) : : chiefly illustrations (black and white) ; : 19 x 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9783865215840, 386521584X
oclc:on1151818198
LC Classification:E169.Z8
Dewey Decimal:779.997392

Subjects

art photography Bevölkerung États-Unis -- Ouvrages illustrés. -- Mœ… Fotografie Frank, Robert illustrated books Illustrated works Livres de photographies Manners and customs Ouvrages illustrés photobooks Photographie artistique Photographie de rue -- 20e siècle. -- É… Photography, Artistic Pictorial works Street photography Street photography -- 20th century. -- … United States United States -- Pictorial works United States -- Pictorial works. -- So…