
Americans by Sal Pfannes
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.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780821717554 |
| ISBN 10 | 0821717553 |
| Title | Americans |
| Author | Sal Pfannes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Zebra Books |
| Year published | 1985-09-01 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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