RIP Robert Frank

Robert Frank (for me) was one of the great artists of all time. His work fundamentally changed the way I looked and made my way thru the wold.
 
A great loss, but a far greater legacy.

We are all the more fortunate for his life and work.


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From June 1955 thru the spring of 1956, for a period of nine months, Robert Frank had driven over 10,000 miles across more than 30 states [out of a total of 48]. In all, he had taken 27,000 photographs. When he returned to New York in 1956, he whittled those images down to 1,000 large prints. He tacked and stapled the photos around his apartment like wallpaper. After four months, he chose just 83 of them for his book, "The Americans".

Frank also did film... his 1972 documentary of the Rolling Stones, "Cocksucker Blues" is maybe his best known.
 
Michael Markey said:
All these New York Times links seem to be behind a pay wall .
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You should be able to get 2 free articles a month, but it's cookie limited and IP linked, so if you've looked at anything else you might get locked out.

PRJ said:
If you love the Americans, get the big fat expanded edition that was put out maybe a decade ago. More information than you will ever need.
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I have it, and yes, it is well worth getting, and the text is very interesting.

Marty
 
I looked hard at The Americans, and kept waiting for more by him. When I finally saw The Lines of My Hand, I was shocked and angry - I had no idea what it was about. At last, I realised these were some of the saddest pictures I'd ever seen.

Goodbye Robert Frank: an honest artist
 
day later, still reelin' and a musin'

day later, still reelin' and a musin'

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dmr said:
I'm wondering what effect, if any, his death will have on the (non)availability of this film?
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From what (little) I've read about the film and its "limited" showings, the Rolling Stone attorneys were the reason for the limitations. In that case, it would probably be the deaths of the members of the Rolling Stones that might eventually affect the availability.
 
There is a brilliant photo by Arno Fischer of RF signing Les Americains for Fischer in 1985. RF has just written the dedication, the ink is still drying, the fountain pen is still half poised and he looks at Fischer with this charming quizzical look, his hair all standing straight up. Just fantastic. It's on p99 of the Hatje Cantz book on AF.
 
Chapeau! So very nice and

Chapeau! So very nice and

Chapeau!

Chad that was so very nice and appropriate. You seem to have captured with words and lens the man in a way that he would appreciate.

What I have always wondered is why it took so long for THAT book to be published in the country of its subjects. Did he ever comment on that?




Tobin31 said:
My tribute to Robert Frank done with a M7, M9, M240, M10.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opi...EFOGHhWL4md5pB51xMzYJ97FypxAXS20X7SCvj-qgPwhU
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