The Americans

First published in France in 1958 then in the United States in 1959 Robert Frank's The Americans changed the course of twentieth-century photography. In 83 photographs Frank looked beneath the surface of American life to reveal a people plagued by racism ill-served by their politicians and rendered numb by a rapidly expanding culture of consumption. Yet he also found novel areas of beauty in simple overlooked corners of American life. And it was not just Frank's subject matter--cars jukeboxes and even the road itself?that redefined the icons of America; it was also his seemingly intuitive immediate off-kilter style as well as his method of brilliantly linking his photographs together thematically conceptually formally and linguistically that made The Americans so innovative. More of an ode or a poem than a literal document the book is as powerful and provocative today as it was 56 years ago.

Hardcover: 180 pages

Publisher: Steidl; Revised edition (May 15 2008)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 386521584X

ISBN-13: 978-3865215840

Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 0.8 x 8.5 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds