1901–1983 · United States · Photographer
Lisette Model
Frank, close-up street portraits with a blunt humanism.
Promenade des Anglais, 1934Source: Wikipedia
PHOTOGRAPHER · 1924–2019 · UNITED STATES
Robert Frank
Loose, grainy, personal pictures of America seen from the road.
- Born
- 1924
- Died
- 2019
- Country
- United States
- Field
- Photographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1958The Americans
- 1959Pull My Daisy
WHY THEY MATTER
The Americans is widely called the most influential photobook of the twentieth century; Guggenheim Fellow; exhibitions at MoMA and the National Gallery of Art.
THE LIFE
Frank was born in Switzerland and moved to the United States after the war. With a Guggenheim grant he crossed the country by car and produced The Americans, first published in 1958. Its rough, intuitive style changed what photography could say. He later turned to film and video.
Also born in 1900–1929
1902–1984 · United States · Photographer
Ansel Adams
Sharp black-and-white landscapes of the American West with full tonal range.
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941Source: Wikipedia
1902–2002 · Mexico · Photographer
Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Poetic, quietly surreal views of Mexican life.
Striking Worker, Assassinated, 1934Source: Wikipedia
1903–1993 · Mexico · Photographer
Lola Alvarez Bravo
Modernist portraits and street pictures of postrevolutionary Mexico.
Galería de Arte Contemporáneo (Frida Kahlo exhibition), 1953Source: Wikipedia
1903–1975 · United States · Photographer
Walker Evans
Frontal, plain-spoken records of American vernacular life.
American Photographs, 1938Source: Wikipedia
1904–1983 · United Kingdom · Photographer
Bill Brandt
High-contrast social documentary, then distorted nudes and stark landscapes.
The English at Home, 1936Source: Wikipedia