Photobook-Robert Frank-story lines

£45.00

Photobook-Robert Frank-story lines

Softback
Pages: 144
Size: 24.5 x 28.5 cm
Published: 2004
Publisher: Steidl Publishers, Germany
Stock number: RG2089/0124
Price: £45 + P&P

“Robert Frank is one of the most influential of all post-war photographers. Pioneering a revolutionary approach to photography and filmmaking, he combines autobiographical and poetic elements to produce straight black and white images that transcend the specific. Speaking of universal experience, ‘I’m trying to forget easy photo, trying to make something from within,’ he has said, ‘time moves on and never stops or waits.’ Often involving a progression through a series of images, his work is structured like a musical sequence, creating storylines that resonate beyond the frozen moment of any single photograph. Storylines accompanied an exhibition highlighting Frank’s experimental use of narrative in photography and film. The exhibition included work from films and photographs (including Polaroids, contact sheets and recent digital stills) and several artist’s books. The photographs are from locations as distant as Peru, London, Wales, Coney Island and Chicago.” This book was produced to accompany the exhibition held at the Tate Modern, 28 October 2004 – 23 January 2005.

 

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Robert Frank was born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1924 and went to the United States in 1947. He is best known for his seminal book The Americans, first published in 1958, which gave rise to a distinct new art form in the photo-book, and his experimental film Pull My Daisy, made in 1959. His other important projects include the book Black White and Things, 1954, the book Lines of My Hand, 1959 and the film Cocksucker Blues, 1972. Frank’s work has been the subject of major exhibitions around the world and is included in many significant public and private photography collections. He divides his time between New York City and Nova Scotia, Canada.

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