EXCLUSIVE: Never-Before-Seen Video of Robert Frank

Monday, October 2, 2023

Summary

•  Discovery :

EXCLUSIVE: Never-Before-Seen Video of Robert Frank

•  Exhibition : On the Road•  Portrait : You’re Wrong about Robert Frank

•  History : Treasure and Junk

Recently unearthed footage from nearly 40 years ago shows the great photographer talking about honesty and cruelty in photography—and in The Americans. Special for Blind readers.

By Bill Shapiro

On the Road

In 1955, photographers Robert Frank and Todd Webb set out to capture a rapidly changing America. Now, for the first time, a new exhibition in Houston shows their photos together — and reveals how what they saw forever changed their view of the country.By Bill Shapiro 

If you thought the master photographer was cantankerous and curmudgeonly, you haven’t seen his softer side.By Bill Shapiro

Which trinkets did Robert Frank and Todd Webb keep for decades—and why? The stories behind the objects.By Bill Shapiro

From October 15 to 22, 2023, Eyes in Progress is offering an artistic residency in Cosprons, Pyrénées-Orientales. Training will be provided by Claudine Doury, French photographer, member of Agence VU and winner of the Prix Niépce 2004.  In a situation of total immersion, you will be asked to develop an institutional photographic commission.From October 15 to 22, 2023

A History of Documentary Photography, Part II

Best Regards, Robert FrankThey are the successors of Wright Morris, Walker Evans, Jakob Tuggener… Their images continue to enrich the world history of photography and our own impatient eyes. Blind shares the memories of some magical encounters with these virtuosos of the camera, soloists in black & white or in color, artists faithful to gelatin silver photography or bewitched by digital technologies. Today: Robert Frank, on the side of intuition.By Brigitte Ollier

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