1. Robert Frank (born November 9, 1924) is an
important figure in American photography
and film. His most notable work, the 1958
book titled The Americans, was influential,
and earned Frank comparisons to a modernday de Tocqueville for his fresh and nuanced
outsider's view of American society. Frank
later expanded into film and video and
experimented with manipulating
photographs and photomontage.
2. His pictures make you feel, they are generally
soft and have good contrast. The subjects are
always in the middle of an action, and each
picture makes fun of one thing that we do,
and they all make sense.
3. I picked to do my presentation on Robert Frank
because he was all about America, and what
it should stand for. He sort of satirized how
people were living and that they were doing it
wrong. And I like the idea of being an
American.
