The Americans
by Jack Kerouac, Robert Frank
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Book Reviews of The Americans
Book Review: Documentary Photography at its best!
Summary: 5 Stars
Robert Frank's "The Americans" is a great lesson in documentary photography - the images transport you to the moment, making you part of what is happening, as an observer. Robert Frank even lets the subject realize his presence by direct eye contact, letting the viewer know S/he is also being observed. I like his breaking of symmetry of lines, creating tension in his compositions, making us ask questions, search for answers about the image. A great book!Book Review: new printing, The Americans
Summary: 5 Stars
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.....
Book Review: America in the 1950s
Summary: 5 Stars
Robert Frank's pictures of America in the 1950s are comparable in depth and perceptiveness to Dorothea Lange's pictures of the 1930s. They are in black and white and call you back to look at them again and again. Composition is excellent. I had not heard of Robert Frank until recently. His photographic work, however, is excellent.Book Review: Meh.
Summary: 3 Stars
I realize that review may be photograher blasphemy, but I didn't find this book to be as amazing as I had heard. This may be partially due to the fact that the photographs were taken in a time that I have a hard time relating to.
As for the quality of the photographs and the quality of the book - both are top-notch.
Book Review: Black and White and Grey
Summary: 5 Stars
Looking at this again after many years ( I first came across it about 25 years ago) the images are as poignant as ever. This is truly a great book of photographs and is perhaps the best photojournalist's collection ever published. The new edition has all the gravity and attention to detail that the work deserves.