Robert Frank: Storylines

Fikk så vidt med meg Robert Frank: Storylines ved Tate Modern, før utstillingen ble tatt ned. Tate publiserte en bok i forbindelse med utstillingen som viser spenvidden i Franks produksjon.

Personlig har jeg mest sans for de tidlige arbeidene hans, fra 1950-tallet, særlig bildene han tok fra London i en periode hvor det britiske samfunnet var enda mer klassedelt enn i dag.

In 1951 and early 1952, Frank visited London - "I liked the light. I liked the fog." - and set out to photograph the unique atmosphere of the city. He followed British financiers around the City, capturing them in their traditional top hats and long coats, creating images that depict them in a poetic dance with their fog-shrouded environment.

Ellers er selvsagt Franks gjennombrudd The Americans vel verd å få med seg. Disse bildene er for alltid skrevet inn i fotohistorien.

First published in 1959, this book, one of the most famous and influential photography books ever published, consists of a series of photographs taken by Frank on a trip through America in '55 and '56 - /../ They are pictures that saw the "American way of life" as we hadn't yet quite been able to see it ourselves, photographs that condensed the entire life of a nation in classic images that still speak to us today, 40 years and several generations later.