Robert Frank
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| + | '''Robert Frank''' (born [[November 9]], [[1924]]), born in [[Zürich]], [[Switzerland]], is an important figure in [[United States|American]] [[photography]] and [[film]]. His most notable work, the [[1958]] photographic book titled simply ''[[The Americans (photography)|The Americans]]'', was heavily influential in the post-[[World War II|war]] period, and earned Frank comparisons to a modern-day [[Alexis de Tocqueville|de Tocqueville]] for his fresh and skeptical outsider's view of American society. Frank later expanded into film and video and experimented with compositing and manipulating photographs. | ||
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Robert Frank (born November 9, 1924), born in Zürich, Switzerland, is an important figure in American photography and film. His most notable work, the 1958 photographic book titled simply The Americans, was heavily influential in the post-war period, and earned Frank comparisons to a modern-day de Tocqueville for his fresh and skeptical outsider's view of American society. Frank later expanded into film and video and experimented with compositing and manipulating photographs.
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