In the nearly seven decades since its publication in France in 1958, then in the United States in 1959, Robert Frank’s “The Americans” has become one of the most influential and enduring works of American photography.
For our October 2024 Aperture PhotoBook Club gathering, Aperture’s executive director, Sarah Meister, joined Lucy Gallun, photography curator at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, alongside photographers Miranda Barnes, Paul Graham, and Andre D. Wagner. Aligning with the centennial of Frank’s birth and the highly anticipated return of this iconic title to Aperture’s catalog, the group discussed these indelible images and their enduring legacy.
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This event was originally streamed on October 30, 2024. Support for the 2024 Aperture PhotoBook Club is generously provided by FotoFocus.
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Robert Frank (born in Zurich, 1924; died in Nova Scotia, Canada, 2019) was a Swiss American photographer and documentary filmmaker. He is best known for his seminal book “The Americans,” first published in 1958, which gave rise to a distinct new art form in the photobook. He is also known for his experimental film “Pull My Daisy” (1959). His other important projects include the books “The Lines of My Hand” (1972) and “Black White and Things” (1954), and the films “Cocksucker Blues” (1972) and “Me and My Brother” (1968).