| |  | Author: Robert Frank
Publisher: Pantheon
Category: Book
Buy Used: $21.30
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Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 1596201
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 174
ISBN: 0394742567
EAN: 9780394742564
ASIN: 0394742567
Publication Date: January 12, 1986
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Condition: Paperback: exlibrary: spine tight: pages unmarked: cover shows moderate/heavy wear: Lot J5
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Classic July 23, 2008
This is one of the classic photographic books. I suggest that anyone with a hobby or serious interest in photography read this book.
 Am I completely obtuse? July 17, 2008
3 out of 10 found this review helpful
I purchased this much heralded photo collection book after reading the review in Newsweek. Maybe I'm not artsy-sophisticated enough to understand the supposed power and humanness or whatever behind these photos. I just don't get them. For a much better look at people in general, look at the book The Life of Man, or even a book of Norman Rockwell paintings. Those books will give you a better idea of life from the 1920's to the 1970's, and the people. The only photo that did stand out to me was the cover photo of the bus. It's painful.
Robert Frank's "The Americans", new edition July 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am a photographer and one of my projects (google "LA MACHINE À HABITER Emir" in if you're curious) is directly related to street photography.
Robert Frank is one of my favorite photographers and it is a shame I did not have his "The Americans" in my posession till this very moment. It is a bible for me.
The book is printed very well, paper is exellent, no color shift on B&W images, solid binding. Great quality.
And the images, of course. If you like photography, you have to check it out. Highly recommended.
new printing, The Americans July 12, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Quite simply this is one of the most influential photography books I have ever seen. For years purchasing this had eluded me and it's price had become quite high as well.
Am so glad to have this book out where I can open the plates and refresh myself with Robert Frank's seminal work. As Ed Ruscha quotes, The man has done it all and gone home.....
America through the eyes of another, and in plain black & white June 16, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
America through the eyes of another, and in plain black & white. "The Americans" is photographer Robert Frank's look at 1950s America, from the very pictures he took almost fifty years ago. In this new edition, Frank has enlisted the help of the newest and most cutting edge modern photo technology to bring his photos into the highest quality he could get them, a massive improvement in quality from the printing quality of the 50s. The poignant, thought provoking photos comprise what some call the most famous book of photography ever published. "The Americans" is enhanced with a forward by Jack Kerouac and is highly recommended for community library photography collections and for anyone who wants a solid coffee table book.
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