The Americans, photographs by Robert Frank ; introduction by Jack Kerouac
Type
Label
The Americans, photographs by Robert Frank ; introduction by Jack Kerouac
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The Americans
Oclc number
183263590
Responsibility statement
photographs by Robert Frank ; introduction by Jack Kerouac
Summary
From the Publisher: In 1958, the first edition of Robert Frank's The Americans was published in Paris. Les Americains contained Frank's 83 photographs in the same sequence as all subsequent editions, with the image on the right hand page, but juxtaposed with historical texts about American society and politics, gathered by Alain Bosquet. The following year, in the first American edition, the French texts were removed and an introduction by Jack Kerouac was added. Over the subsequent 50 years, The Americans has been republished in many editions, in numerous languages, with a variety of cover designs and even in a range of sizes. It is the most famous photography book ever published, and it changed the face of the medium forever. Robert Frank discussed with his publisher, Gerhard Steidl, the idea of producing a new edition using modern scanning and the finest tritone printing. The starting point was to bring original prints from New York to Gottingen, Germany, where Steidl is based. In July 2007, Frank visited Gottingen. A new format for the book was worked out and new typography selected. A new cover was designed and Frank chose the book cloth, foil for embossing and the endpaper. Most significantly, as he has done for every edition of The Americans, Frank changed the cropping of many of the photographs, usually including more information. Two images were changed completely from the original 1958 and 1959 editions
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- Geschichte 1955-1956.
- Förenta staterna -- vardagsliv och traditioner -- 1940-talet -- 1950-talet -- 1960-talet -- bildverk
- United States -- Social life and customs -- 1945-1970 -- Pictorial works
- Photographie + Bevölkerung -- USA -- Frank, Robert (Photograph) -- Geschichte 1955-1956 -- Bildband
- Bevölkerung
- 1900-1999
- United States -- Pictorial works
- Street photography
- Photography, Artistic
- Bevölkerung -- USA -- Photographie -- Frank, Robert (Photograph) -- Geschichte 1955-1956 -- Bildband
- Fotokonst -- Förenta staterna -- 1945-
- Frank, Robert, 1924-
- Manners and customs
- USA
- Frank, Robert, (Photograph) -- Photographie -- Bevölkerung -- USA -- Geschichte 1955-1956 -- Bildband
- United States
- USA -- Bevölkerung -- Photographie -- Frank, Robert (Photograph) -- Geschichte 1955-1956 -- Bildband
- Dokumentärfotografi + historia -- Förenta staterna
- Pictorial works
- Street photography -- United States -- 20th century
- Fotografie
- Bildband
- Frank, Robert, 1924- -- bildverk
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- Subject23
- Geschichte 1955-1956.
- Förenta staterna -- vardagsliv och traditioner -- 1940-talet -- 1950-talet -- 1960-talet -- bildverk
- United States -- Social life and customs -- 1945-1970 -- Pictorial works
- Photographie + Bevölkerung -- USA -- Frank, Robert (Photograph) -- Geschichte 1955-1956 -- Bildband
- Bevölkerung
- 1900-1999
- United States -- Pictorial works
- Street photography
- Photography, Artistic
- Bevölkerung -- USA -- Photographie -- Frank, Robert (Photograph) -- Geschichte 1955-1956 -- Bildband
- Fotokonst -- Förenta staterna -- 1945-
- Frank, Robert, 1924-
- Manners and customs
- USA
- Frank, Robert, (Photograph) -- Photographie -- Bevölkerung -- USA -- Geschichte 1955-1956 -- Bildband
- United States
- USA -- Bevölkerung -- Photographie -- Frank, Robert (Photograph) -- Geschichte 1955-1956 -- Bildband
- Dokumentärfotografi + historia -- Förenta staterna
- Pictorial works
- Street photography -- United States -- 20th century
- Fotografie
- Bildband
- Frank, Robert, 1924- -- bildverk
- Content2
- Is Part Of1
- Other version1
- Photographer1
- Publisher1
- resource.writerofintroduction1
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