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Bezig met laden... The Americans (origineel 1958; editie 2008)door Robert Frank, Jack Kerouac
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[Frank] wanted to portray "the kind of civilization born here and spreading elsewhere." And he succeeded not only in recording how the country looked but in capturing its essence, so that The Americans still seems like an accurate portrait of how it feels to live here. Bestudeerd in
From the Publisher: In 1958, the first edition of Robert Frank's The Americans was published in Paris. Les Americains contained Frank's 83 photographs in the same sequence as all subsequent editions, with the image on the right hand page, but juxtaposed with historical texts about American society and politics, gathered by Alain Bosquet. The following year, in the first American edition, the French texts were removed and an introduction by Jack Kerouac was added. Over the subsequent 50 years, The Americans has been republished in many editions, in numerous languages, with a variety of cover designs and even in a range of sizes. It is the most famous photography book ever published, and it changed the face of the medium forever. Robert Frank discussed with his publisher, Gerhard Steidl, the idea of producing a new edition using modern scanning and the finest tritone printing. The starting point was to bring original prints from New York to Gottingen, Germany, where Steidl is based. In July 2007, Frank visited Gottingen. A new format for the book was worked out and new typography selected. A new cover was designed and Frank chose the book cloth, foil for embossing and the endpaper. Most significantly, as he has done for every edition of The Americans, Frank changed the cropping of many of the photographs, usually including more information. Two images were changed completely from the original 1958 and 1959 editions. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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In 1955 en 1956 maakte Frank een rondreis door de Verenigde Staten waarna hij de foto's van die reis in dit boek publiceerde. Gezien alle ophef over dit boek valt het me zwaar tegen. De foto's zijn altijd van alledaagse mensen, dingen of situaties. De meeste foto's lijken terloops gemaakt te zijn en ik vind ze visueel ook niet zo interessant. Mij blijven ze niet in het geheugen hangen. Geef mij maar de boeken van Steve McCurry, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Carl de Keyzer of onze eigen Ed van der Elsken. De inleiding van Jack Kerouac is ook niet veelzeggend. ( )