Robert Frank : Snapshots from the Road

[david b]

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.]

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]

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]

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]

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!