That crazy feeling in America when the sun is hot on the streets and music comes out of the jukebox or from a nearby funeral, that's what Robert Frank has captured in the tremendous photographs taken as he traveled on the road around practically forty-eig ht states in an old used car (on Guggenhiem Fellowship) and with the agility, mystery, genuis, sadness, and strange secrecy of a shadow photographed scenes that have never been seen before on film.

In 1955, Robert Frank set out to observe and photograph the United States. Supported by a grant from the Guggenheim Foundation, he traveled across the country for two years. The result was The Americans, a visionary work and a milestone in the history of photography.

Cinematography, Photography and Literature The Aesthetic Triptych of Robert Frank 2000 William Anthony Nericcio nota bene: Unedited Reading Script from a Public Lecture MoPA, San Diego, October 5, 2000; NOT FOR QUOTATION OR ATTRIBUTION The images that appear in this essay are the property of the original copyright holders and are not for reproduction without the direct authorization of those ...

Exposure magazine, Volume 24, Number 1 Spring 1986 This text was first requested by Robert Delpire for a pocket book of photographs by Robert Frank to be published (I think) by the French Ministry of Photography. As the text expanded, I realized he would never publish a 15 page introduction to a 20 page book. Eventually published in Spanish as Robert Frank y La Fotografia, in the catalogue, ...