peterm1
Veteran
A few Robert Frank images. I cant help but feel (though I am sure it is unjustified) that the best street photos are those made in the 1950s and 1960s.
sepiareverb
genius and moron
Heck yes. My book sequence is a direct descendant of The Americans.
The bus image above has long been a favorite, as well as the big flag photo from the book. Several of his later small booms from Steidl are in my collection as well.
The bus image above has long been a favorite, as well as the big flag photo from the book. Several of his later small booms from Steidl are in my collection as well.
Red Rock Bill
Well-known
I have spent a number of hours trying to track down the bar he took a photo in here in Gallup,NM.....I've also gifted a few copies of his book "The American's" I also have a few of his other books. His work for the most part is outstanding, at least in my opinion.
Regards,
Bill
Regards,
Bill
giganova
Well-known
I am a huge Robert Frank fan. If you love his photos, do yourself a favor and get the excellent book "Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans: Expanded Edition". 528 pages (!) of outstanding information on where and how he took the photos.
xayraa33
rangefinder user and fancier
I always liked his photos from his " Americans " series.
I believe while shooting in some small southern US town in the mid 1950s he was picked up by the local constabulary, for being a suspicious looking swarthy dude with a camera and a foreign sounding speaking accent .
I believe while shooting in some small southern US town in the mid 1950s he was picked up by the local constabulary, for being a suspicious looking swarthy dude with a camera and a foreign sounding speaking accent .
Steve M.
Veteran
One of my favorite photographers. That kind of work is very, very hard to do at the level that he worked. Fantastic photographer with a great eye.
Being a suspicious swarthy dude is something to aspire to
Being a suspicious swarthy dude is something to aspire to
colker
Well-known
I will bring in his work for the album cover of Exile on Main Street from the Rolling Stones.
I never saw the documentary he did on the Stones tour which was censored and banned.
Frank did a short movie w/ the beat poets... Pull my Daisy.. was that the name?
He fell for the siren call of filmmaking. I know how it feels.
I never saw the documentary he did on the Stones tour which was censored and banned.
Frank did a short movie w/ the beat poets... Pull my Daisy.. was that the name?
He fell for the siren call of filmmaking. I know how it feels.
colker
Well-known
Wasn´t Alexey Brodovitch who told him to pick a Leica? Frank began shooting on Rolleiflex.
Brodovitch is an unsung hero... his influence on Photography History is huuuge. He had the balls to pick unknown photographers who had only shot documentary work and hire them to shoot fashion for Bazaar.
No one does that!
Brodovitch is an unsung hero... his influence on Photography History is huuuge. He had the balls to pick unknown photographers who had only shot documentary work and hire them to shoot fashion for Bazaar.
No one does that!
Dan Daniel
Well-known
The film is on youtube. Coc ksuc kers Blues (censors don't like the title it seems). Knock yourself out! And yes, Pull My Daisy.
'The Americans' is filmic in structure.
peterm1
Veteran
I just recalled the name of another photographer who reminds me of Robert Frank. it is the German / British photographer BIll Brandt who life in Britain in the 1930s through the 1960s. His work often seemed to embody the same kind of gritty reality. Though with a few more nudes and art thrown in. I was trying to bring him to mind the other day in a different thread but it took me a few days to do so.
https://www.google.com.au/search?rl......1..gws-wiz-img.......0i67j0i10.7ilrxRK0b1g
https://www.google.com.au/search?rl......1..gws-wiz-img.......0i67j0i10.7ilrxRK0b1g
telenous
Well-known
I have some early books of his (R.Frank) and it is clear he was testing certain ideas and approaches that would find full expression later with The Americans. Some of his early photos are so good that he would have achieved notoriety anyway. The Americans however were groundbreaking and every single photo is riveting. I find his later work quite esoteric/personal, although still discernibly his.
This video from SFMOMA (embedded in the link) is quite recent, I think:
https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/12/robert-frank-interview-on-photographing-the-americans.html
This video from SFMOMA (embedded in the link) is quite recent, I think:
https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/12/robert-frank-interview-on-photographing-the-americans.html
charjohncarter
Veteran
Peter, to answer your question: yes.
Michael Markey
Veteran
peterm1
Veteran
Don McCullin is another somewhat in the Frank mould.
robert blu
quiet photographer
Dogman
Veteran
Yep. Longtime fan of Frank. And of Brandt.
Re: Brandt--for those unfamiliar with his work, that photo of his with the window washer shows one of Brandt's own photos in the display.
Re: Brandt--for those unfamiliar with his work, that photo of his with the window washer shows one of Brandt's own photos in the display.
petronius
Veteran
I´m a big fan of "Black, White and Things" and "The Americans", but I will have to get that "Valencia" book really quick! (Thanks for the link, Robert)
The german filmmaker Thomas Schadt made a TV feature about "The Americans" in 1989
("Das Gefühl des Augenblicks")
The german filmmaker Thomas Schadt made a TV feature about "The Americans" in 1989
("Das Gefühl des Augenblicks")
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
Another Robert Frank fan here. Together with Robert Doisneau are (I think) less celebrated than they really should be.
Out to Lunch
Ventor
Frank was 'celebrated' for his early work ''The Americans'', following that feat...the ditched Rolling Stones documentary...probably an easy money thing. A man of his time, which is not today.
colker
Well-known
Brandt was the first i saw using a pinhole camera.