http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2009/robert-frank
◇ Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans - Panel and Lecture | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The exhibition Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans marks the first time all eighty-three photographs in the legendary series will be shown together in a New York City museum. Flanked by the writer Luc Sante and by publisher Barney Rosset, former owner of Grove Press (which published of The Americans) and longtime champion of free expression (called "the most dangerous man in American publishing"), Curator Jeff Rosenheim talks about Robert Frank's groundbreaking book. Once controversial, now a cornerstone in American cultural history, the prescient book The Americans reveals ordinary lives in ordinary places around the country in extraordinarily profound images. Frank "courts chaos and eschews control," creating dynamic, visceral images of an America on the brink of social revolution.
Jeff L. Rosenheim, curator, Department of Photographs, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Standing by: Barney Rosset, former owner, Grove Press, and publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Evergreen Review; Luc Sante, author, and visiting professor in writing and photography, Bard College
Learn more about the exhibition Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans:
http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2009/robert-frank
Learn more about the rise of American street photography and the photography of everyday life:
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/phev/hd_phev.htm
Learn more about the art of the Beats:
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/hi_amer20beatmov.htm
http://www.metmuseum.org/metmedia/video/collections/ph/robert-franks-the-americans
◇ Inside Robert Frank's The Americans | Smithsonian
The National Gallery of Art organized a comprehensive exhibit of Robert Frank's work (5:18)
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/arts-culture/inside-robert-franks-the-americans/
◇ Robert Frank and "The Americans" on Vimeo
It was called "The Americans," and 50 years ago, America hated it. DP: Scott Bartlett. Editor: Bill Creed. Narrator: Steve Mencher.
◇ Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank (2005) - YouTube
Director Gerald Fox's documentary Leaving Home Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank features intimate interviews with the filmmaker and photographer. The artist discusses his feelings about how his adopted hometown of New York City has changed over the course of his 50 years living there. The director showcases Frank's work, including clips of some of his films including Pull My Daisy, Me and My Brother, and the little-seen Rolling Stones documentary Cocksucker Blues.
