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Robert Frank | |
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| Born | November 9, 1924 Zürich, Switzerland |
| Died | September 9, 2019 (aged 94) |
| Nationality | Swiss-American |
| Known for | Photography, film directing |
| Notable work | The Americans |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Frank (divorced) June Leaf |
| Children | 2 |
Robert Frank (November 9, 1924 – September 9, 2019) was a Swiss American photographer and documentary filmmaker. His most notable work, the 1958 book titled The Americans, earned Frank comparisons to a modern-day de Tocqueville for his fresh and nuanced outsider's view of American society. Critic Sean O'Hagan, writing in The Guardian in 2014, said The Americans "changed the nature of photography, what it could say and how it could say it. [ ... ] it remains perhaps the most influential photography book of the 20th century."[1] Frank later expanded into film and video and experimented with manipulating photographs and photomontage.[2]
- ^ O'Hagan, Sean (November 7, 2014). "Robert Frank at 90: the photographer who revealed America won't look back". The Guardian. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ^ Gefter, Philip (September 10, 2019). "Robert Frank Dies; Pivotal Documentary Photographer Was 94". The New York Times. Retrieved September 10, 2019.