Contact Sheets from Robert Frank's 'The Americans'

[Roma]

I saw the exhibit in DC and absolutely had to get Looking In. Now, I have a hard time putting it down. It has a lot of great info about the people he stayed in contact with for many years, his influences and why those people were part of his life (including very "in your face" statements of how he made some contacts because they were beneficial, but once he got everything useful out of them, he moved on to others).
It's great to see the contacts and different croppings of the photos. I didn't realized he cropped that much though.

 

[ChrisLivsey]

The contact sheet alone are worth the price of admission - the book is our big table in the living room and I will sit down for 15-30 minutes several times a day and look at them.

Just released in the UK, and I have my copy - that's some sturdy table you have 😀

Having only skimmed the contacts as yet I still see your point on sunny 16. I can do that bit. Interesting how he doesn't let the "incorrect" exposure stop him ringing a keeper a lesson there.

 

[Red Rock Bill]

I bought" Looking In" just to be able to view the contact sheets of his Gallup,New Mexico bar shot.I live in Gallup and have always wondered where he took the photograph.A friend and I were trying to figure out how many bars were here back then.Near as we could figure somewhere around 30-35 for a town of about 10,000. Couldn't figure out the bar but I'll show the book around to a few old timers.I plan on seeing the show in NY when I go back to visit my sisters. regards,Bill