Main entry:

Day, Jonathan.

Title & Author:

Robert Frank's The Americans : the art of documentary photography / Jonathan Day.

Publication:

Bristol ; Chicago : Intellect, 2011.

Description:

ix, 186 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgements -- Foreword: Robert Frank / Eamonn Mccabe -- Introduction -- Part 1: America and The Americans: Frank and the '50s; Developing The Americans; A divided world: 'art' and 'documentary' photography; The creation selection and programming of The Americans' images: all that jazz; Image and text -- Part 2: Themes in The Americans: People of the flag; On the road; Losing my religion-new icons for a new civilization; The Americans' response to the Family of Man exhibition; The Americans and the promotional images of the Standard Oil Company; The primacy of the visual -- Part 3: The Americans as a photographic sequence -- Tracing the lines of his hand -- Conclusion -- References -- Photographs in The Americans.

Summary:

"In the mid-1950s, 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. 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 comprehensive analysis places it thoroughly in the context of contemporary photography, literature, painting, music, and advertising."--Page 4 of cover.

ISBN:

9781841503158
1841503150

Subject:

Frank, Robert, 1924-2019. Américains. English.
Frank, Robert, 1924-2019 Critique et interprétation.
Frank, Robert.
Américains (Frank, Robert)
Documentary photography.
Photographic criticism.
Documentary photography 20th century.
Photographie documentaire 20e siècle.
Photographie documentaire.
Critique photographique.
documentary photography.
Manners and customs
Dokumentarphotographie.
Porträtphotographie.
United States Social life and customs 1945-1970 Pictorial works.
États-Unis Mœurs et coutumes 1945-1970 Ouvrages illustrés.
United States
USA.

Form/genre:

Illustrated works
Documentary photography.

Added entries:

Art of documentary photography

Holdings:

Location: Library main 273233
Call No.: BIB 206742
Status: Available