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The Americans
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The Americans

by Robert Frank

Recommended by Yves Béhar and Michael McKean

Recommended by Yves Béhar and Michael McKean

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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Street Photography, Photography, and Art.

Armed with a camera and a fresh cache of film and bankrolled by a Guggenheim Foundation grant, Robert Frank crisscrossed the United States during 1955 and 1956. The photographs he brought back form a portrait of the country at the time and hint at its future. He saw the hope of the future in the faces of a couple at city hall in Reno, Nevada, and t...

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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Street Photography, Photography, and Art.

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@ManuelRoyalATL His book, The Americans, is such great work.

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