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. | + | '''Robert Frank''' (November 9, 1924 – September 9, 2019) was a Swiss [[Documentary photography|photographer]] and [[documentary film]]maker, who became an American binational. His most notable work, the 1958 book titled [[The Americans (photography)|''The Americans'']], earned Frank comparisons to a modern-day [[Alexis de Tocqueville|de Tocqueville]] for his fresh and nuanced outsider's view of American society. Critic [[Sean O'Hagan (journalist)|Sean O'Hagan]], writing in ''[[The Guardian]]'' in 2014, said ''The Americans'' "changed the nature of photography, what it could say and how it could say it. [ ... ] it remains perhaps the most influential photography book of the 20th century." Frank later expanded into film and video and experimented with manipulating photographs and photomontage. |
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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. Critic Sean O'Hagan, writing in The Guardian in 2014, said The Americans "changed the nature of photography, what it could say and how it could say it. [ ... ] it remains perhaps the most influential photography book of the 20th century." Frank later expanded into film and video and experimented with manipulating photographs and photomontage.
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