Robert frank

Today marks the passing of Swiss-American Photographer Robert Frank. In the wake of his 94 years of living, Frank produced a wide array of documentary photography that captured societal discrepancies through the iconography of ordinary subjects through linear composition and pronounced lighting. His passion for...

Josh picks five favorite photos from legendary photographer Robert Frank.

Movie Premiere - Hollywood, 1956

Robert Frank, London, 1952, printed 1953. Gelatin silver print, overall: 13 1/2 × 8 11/16 in. (34.3 × 22.1 cm) Mount: 18 × 15 in. (45.7 × 38.1 cm) Frame: 19 3/16 × 15 1/4 in. (48.7 × 38.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee in memory of Eugene M. Schwartz 95.169. © Robert Frank, courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York

Pioneering documentary photographer Robert Frank's collection of black and white photographs gives a unique glimpse of what life in the city was like for the rich and poor during the 1950s.

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Andrew Dickson on "Strange and Familiar," a show at the Barbican, in London, of images of the United Kingdom taken by foreign photographers.

Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Robert Frank, City of London, 1951