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1 online resource (ix, 186 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword: Robert Frank; Introduction; Part One: America and The Americans; 1 Frank and the '50s; 2 Developing The Americans; 3 A Divided World: 'Art' and 'Documentary' Photography; 4 The Creation, Selection and Programming of The Americans' Images: All That Jazz; 5 Image and Text; Part Two: Themes in The Americans; 6 People of the Flag; 7 On the Road; 8 Losing My Religion: New Icons For a New Civilization; 9 The Americans' Response To The Family of Man Exhibition. |
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10 The Americans and the Promotional Images of the Standard Oil Company11 The Primacy of the Visual; Part Three: The Americans As a Photographic Sequence; 12 Tracing the Lines of His Hand; Conclusion; References; Photographs in The Americans; Index; Back Cover. |
| Summary |
In the mid 50s, Swiss-born New Yorker Robert Frank embarked on a ten-thousand-mile road trip across post-war America, capturing thousands of photographs of all levels of a rapidly changing society. The resultant photo-book, The Americans, represents a seminal moment in both photography and in America's emerging understanding of itself. To mark the book's fiftieth anniversary, Jonathan Day revisits this pivotal work and contributes a thoughtful and revealing critical commentary. Though the importance of The Americans has been widely acknowledged, it still retains much of its mystery. This compr. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Frank, Robert, 1924-2019. Américains. English.
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Frank, Robert, 1924- Americains. |
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Américains (Frank, Robert) |
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Documentary photography.
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Documentary photography. |
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Photographic criticism.
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Photographic criticism. |
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United States -- Social life and customs -- 1945-1970 -- Pictorial works.
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United States. |
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Manners and customs. |
| Chronological Term |
1945-1970 |
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Pictorial works.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Illustrated works.
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Illustrated works.
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Print version: Day, Jonathan. Robert Frank's 'The Americans' : The Art of Documentary Photography. Bristol : Intellect, ©2011 9781841503158 |
| ISBN |
1841503150 |
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9781841503158 |
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9781841504469 |
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1841504467 |
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1283162652 |
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9781283162654 |
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1841503150 |
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9781841503158 |
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