Robert Frank : Snapshots from the Road

david b · Dec 15, 2008

The New York Times has a new article on Robert Frank entitled "Snapshot from the American Road".
Here's the link.

It's an article about the most famous photo book ever made, The Americans. Did you know that Mr. Frank shot 767 rolls of film while on the road? Man, that's a lot of film.

André E.C. · Dec 15, 2008

Yes, it is a lot film indeed, I have two books by Mr.Frank, The Americans and Story Lines.

What I've seen from those contact prints pictured, the man could use a full film at a spot, he shot many frames of the same scene, only with slight variations in composition from frame to frame.

Great photographer!

Cheers

André

donbga · Dec 15, 2008

david b said:
Did you know that Mr. Frank shot 767 rolls of film while on the road? Man, that's a lot of film.

Yes. That's when a roll of B&W film cost well south of $1.00.

phc · Dec 16, 2008

It's an article about the most famous photo book ever made, The Americans.

Goodness! The most famous ever made?

I guess he could afford all that film, with the Guggenheim grant.

Cheers, P.

35mmDelux · Jan 3, 2009

donbga said:
Yes. That's when a roll of B&W film cost well south of $1.00.

sure and the average hourly pay was $2.00 per hour!

Robert Frank : Snapshots from the Road

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