{"product_id":"looking-in-robert-franks-the-americans","title":"Looking in: Robert Frank's The Americans","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished to accompany a major exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2009 and 2010, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLooking In: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/steidl.de\/Artists\/Robert-Frank-1013194243.html\"\u003eRobert Frank\u003c\/a\u003e’s The Americans\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of this prescient book. Drawing on newly examined archival sources, it provides a fascinating in-depth examination of the making of the photographs and the book’s construction, using vintage contact sheets, work prints, and letters that literally chart Frank’s journey around the country on a Guggenheim grant in 1955\/56. Curator and editor Sarah Greenough and her colleagues also explore the roots of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Americans\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in Frank’s earlier books, which are abundantly illustrated here, and in books by photographers \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/steidl.de\/Artists\/Walker-Evans-0520293144.html\"\u003eWalker Evans\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Bill Brandt, and others. The eighty-three original photographs from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Americans\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e are presented in sequence in as near vintage prints as possible. The catalogue concludes with an examination of Frank’s later reinterpretations and deconstructions of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Americans\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, bringing full circle the history of this resounding entry in the annals of photography.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Frank","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46725526782106,"sku":"12657","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0350\/5704\/1545\/files\/SKM_C55825103011190.jpg?v=1761908200","url":"https:\/\/store.a4arts.org\/en-us\/products\/looking-in-robert-franks-the-americans","provider":"A4 Arts Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}