Lines of My Hand, The
by Robert Frank
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394552555
- ISBN 13
- 9780394552552
- Seller
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Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Pantheon, 1989. Hardcover. Original cloth. Near Fine. ART PHOTOGRAPHYThis retrospective study of the work and life of Robert Frank demonstrates the artistry, innovations, and magnificent images of the distinguished photographer in more than 350 photographs.pp. 200 First Edition. Fine in edge-worn glassine wrapper. #220823Robert Frank was a Swiss photographer and documentary filmmaker, who became an American binational. His most notable work, the 1958 book titled The Americans, earned Frank comparisons to a modern-day de Tocqueville for his fresh and nuanced outsider's view of American society.âThe Americansâ challenged the presiding midcentury formula for photojournalism, defined by sharp, well-lighted, classically composed pictures, whether of the battlefront, the homespun American heartland or movie stars at leisure. Mr. Frankâs photographs â of lone individuals, teenage couples, groups at funerals and odd spoors of cultural life â were cinematic, immediate, off-kilter and grainy, like early television transmissions of the period. They would secure his place in photographyâs pantheon. The cultural critic Janet Malcolm called him the âManet of the new photography.âBut recognition was by no means immediate. The pictures were initially considered warped, smudgy, bitter. Popular Photography magazine complained about their âmeaningless blur, grain, muddy exposures, drunken horizons, and general sloppiness.â Mr. Frank, the magazine said, was âa joyless man who hates the country of his adoption.âMr. Frank had come to detest the American drive for conformity, and the book was thought to be an indictment of American society, stripping away the picture-perfect vision of the country and its veneer of breezy optimism put forward in magazines and movies and on television. Yet at the core of his social criticism was a romantic idea about finding and honouring what was true and good about the United States.âPatriotism, optimism, and scrubbed suburban living were the rule of the day,â Charlie LeDuff wrote about Mr. Frank in Vanity Fair magazine in 2008. âMyth was important then. And along comes Robert Frank, the hairy homunculus, the European Jew with his 35-mm. Leica, taking snaps of old angry white men, young angry black men, severe disapproving southern ladies, Indians in saloons, he/shes in New York alleyways, alienation on the assembly line, segregation south of the Mason-Dixon line, bitterness, dissipation, discontent.âMr. Frank may well have been the unwitting father of what became known in the late 1960s as âthe snapshot aesthetic,â a personal offhand style that sought to capture the look and feel of spontaneity in an authentic moment. The pictures had a profound influence on the way photographers began to approach not only their subjects but also the picture frame. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Hardcover. Original cloth Near Fine
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- Bookseller
- Elizabeth's Bookshops (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 80559
- Title
- Lines of My Hand, The
- Author
- Robert Frank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover. Original cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394552555
- ISBN 13
- 9780394552552
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Pages
- 200
- Keywords
- ART & DESIGN VISUAL ARTS CRAFT PHOTOGRAPHY
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About the Seller
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Fremantle, Western Australia
About Elizabeth's Bookshops
Elizabeth's Bookshops Australia. Bookdealers since 1973.
Elizabeth's Bookshops are one of Australia's largest second-hand bookshop operations, with 4 shops on both sides of the Australian continent.
For nearly 50 years, Elizabeth's have been major dealers in second-hand and out-of-print books.
Established in 1973, Elizabeth's Bookshops are now in Perth CBD, two shops in Fremantle (WA) and King Street, Newtown (NSW).
All orders are dispatched within 1 business day from our Fremantle Warehouse.
All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street, Fremantle Western Australia. (7 days a week) 08 9433 3236
Click & Collect (no postage cost!) is available at all branches.
Elizabeth's Bookshops are one of Australia's largest second-hand bookshop operations, with 4 shops on both sides of the Australian continent.
For nearly 50 years, Elizabeth's have been major dealers in second-hand and out-of-print books.
Established in 1973, Elizabeth's Bookshops are now in Perth CBD, two shops in Fremantle (WA) and King Street, Newtown (NSW).
All orders are dispatched within 1 business day from our Fremantle Warehouse.
All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street, Fremantle Western Australia. (7 days a week) 08 9433 3236
Click & Collect (no postage cost!) is available at all branches.
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