Photography: Robert Franks Oct 22, 2009
Robert Frank's photographs ... WHEN The Americans , a collection of 83 imaginative and powerful photographs by Robert Frank, was first published in America in 1959 it was attacked for being anti-American ... Visitors to Looking In: Robert Frank s The Americans at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will quickly observe that Mr Frank s subjects are sometimes too dark to be rosy and could seldom afford a hefty bird. (The Economist)
Freeman makes artistic desserts at SFMOMA Jun 26, 2009
As she wandered through the Robert Frank photography exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the baker had no idea how she would create a dessert to match Frank's groundbreaking series of 1950s black-and-white photographs called "The Americans." ... As she wandered through the Robert Frank photography exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the baker had no idea how she would create a dessert to match Frank's. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Under The Lens Jun 3, 2009
Looking in on photographer Robert Frank. Article:Looking in on photographer Robert Frank:/c/a/2009/06/01/DDT917T05F.DTL Article:Looking in on photographer Robert Frank:/c/a/2009/06/01/DDT917T05F.DTL ... Looking in on photographer Robert Frank. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
LOOKING IN: ROBERT FRANK - THE AMERICANS May 18, 2009
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is pleased to present Looking In: Robert Frank's "The Americans," the most comprehensive and in-depth exploration of Frank's groundbreaking book to date ... In 1955 and 1956, Swiss-born American photographer Robert Frank (b ... Looking In: Robert Frank's "The Americans" is grouped into four sections. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Fraenkel puts Hopper's vision in perspective Mar 28, 2009
Pictures by Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Stephen Shore, Diane Arbus (1923-1971), Walker Evans (1903-1975) and others suggest that memories of Hopper's art may have weighed on photographers' imaginations more heavily than has the reality of his work ... Lee Friedlander's picture "New York City" (1963), of people and reflections shuffling through revolving doors, like the striding man in Robert Frank's "Los Angeles" (1955-56), bring Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) to mind as readily as Hopper. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Williams College exhibit highlights outsiders of Chinese society Mar 15, 2009
In this 50th anniversary year of US publication of "The Americans," one inevitably sees another connection, to Robert Frank. There's a similar sense of looseness and unpredictability, of looking afresh and ranging far and wide. (Boston Globe)
USA Network Unveils American Character Mar 9, 2009
"If you are down about the American economy and the prospects for our country, I think this artistic effort will show how resilient the American people are and will stir positive emotion - like Robert Frank's similar photographic trek across the country in the 1950s for his famous book The Americans," he said. "Who knows, one of the kids taking part in this project may become his generation's Robert Frank. I am confident that this will be a great success for USA, St. Louis, the high school... (Multichannel News)
Choice images Feb 27, 2009
The Americans by Robert Frank chronicles his 10,000-mile journey across America at the height of the Cold War, and today, many of the 83 frames contained inside the covers are burned into the collective memory ... The latest is by Sarah Greenough whose book, Looking In: Robert Frank's "The Americans", accompanies a major exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington ... Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans is published by Steidl. (BBC News -- Americas)
Music: Home life with mikes: A jazz history Feb 25, 2009
"Robert Frank, the photographer, was a friend of Smith's," Stephenson said at that window one recent morning (beside a tower of boxes marked "Jumbo Afro"). "He told me that Smith went from a public journalist to a private artist with this body of work.". (International Herald Tribune)
