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Robert Frank: London/Wales

(Hardback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Robert Frank: London/Wales

Contributors:

By (Author) Philip Brookman

ISBN:

9783865213624

Publisher:

Steidl Publishers

Imprint:

Steidl Verlag

Publication Date:

20th June 2007

UK Publication Date:

30th April 2007

Country:

Germany

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Dewey:

770.92

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

128

Dimensions:

Width 192mm, Height 240mm

Weight:

760g

Description

War is over; the heroic French population reaffirms superiority. Love, Paris, and Flowers but London was black, white, and gray, the elegance, the style, all present in front of always changing fog. Then I met a man from Wales talking about the Miners and I had read How Green Was My Valley. This became my only try to make a Story. "Robert Frank London/Wales "brings together two distinct bodies of work to reveal a new understanding of Frank's contribution to the history of photography. Juxtaposing the world of money and the world of work in post-war England, Frank photographed London bankers, workers, and children, and Welsh coal miners and their families. These images poetically evoke relationships between the classes during a time of change in Britain. Setting a significant documentary precedent for Franks best known work, "The Americans", "London/Wales" demonstrates the artists early interest in social commentary, the narrative potential of photographic sequencing and his innovative use of the expressionistic qualities of the medium. Featuring 90 black and white photographs, "London/Wales" tells a timeless story of cities, people, and institutions in transition through emotional, evocative images while revealing Frank's struggle to forge a new form of poetic narrative photography. This reprint of the 2003 Scalo edition will not include the text booklet.

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