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Title: Robert Frank
Post by: Mike40 on September 10, 2019, 03:23:12 PM

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/sep/10/robert-frank-american-photographer-dies-aged-94-the-americans-jack-kerouac-photography (https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/sep/10/robert-frank-american-photographer-dies-aged-94-the-americans-jack-kerouac-photography)

Sad news indeed.  Thank you, Robert Frank, for your legacy of an age that has gone forever.

Take care,
Mike

Title: Re: Robert Frank
Post by: hookstrapped on September 11, 2019, 10:49:09 AM

Certainly one of the most influential photographers ever -- not just directly through The Americans, but through other prominent photographers he influenced and inspired. It's important to note the hostility and disapproval that first greeted his photographs.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-shock-of-robert-franks-the-americans (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-shock-of-robert-franks-the-americans)

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/arts-culture/inside-robert-franks-the-americans/ (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/arts-culture/inside-robert-franks-the-americans/)

Title: Re: Robert Frank
Post by: leanne on September 12, 2019, 10:09:27 AM

Very sad, one of the greats.