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...

Mr. Frank, best known for his groundbreaking book, “The Americans,” had a visually raw and personally expressive style that made him one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century.

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

Thousands of Robert Frank’s unpublished photographs taken during and after his journeys that led to “The Americans” have never been seen before by wide audiences.

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

Mr. Frank, best known for his groundbreaking book, “The Americans,” had a visually raw and personally expressive style that made him one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century.

London, 1951–1952

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