Happy Birthday Robert Frank

[david b]

Robert Frank was born November 9, 1924.

thanks for all of your beautiful work.

 

[EASmithV]

Wait, Is Robert Frank on APUG???

 

[david b]

His ID is Frank Robert.

 

[Tony Egan]

Saw The Americans exhibition at MMA yesterday. Very moving.

 

[Karl K]

Robert Frank --The Americans at the Met

Saw The Americans exhibition at MMA yesterday. Very moving.

I saw the Robert Frank show on Saturday. The Met was jammed. They had six Vermeer's on display as well as The Americans. We spent the entire afternoon in total awe. Frank's contact sheets were amazing because you could follow his eye, frame after frame. I think some of the rejects were better than some of the final shots which made the book. Frank explains this by saying that he didn't want "formula" images included. Some of his earlier prints were shown, which I had never seen before. Very dark, both in tone and subject.