The Resource Robert Frank's The Americans : the art of documentary photography, Jonathan Day
Robert Frank's The Americans : the art of documentary photography, Jonathan Day
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The item Robert Frank's The Americans : the art of documentary photography, Jonathan Day represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Robert Frank's The Americans : the art of documentary photography, Jonathan Day represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- In the mid 50s, Swiss-born New Yorker Robert Frank embarked on a ten-thousand-mile road trip across post-war America, capturing thousands of photographs of all levels of a rapidly changing society. The resultant photo-book, The Americans, represents a seminal moment in both photography and in America's emerging understanding of itself. To mark the book's fiftieth anniversary, Jonathan Day revisits this pivotal work and contributes a thoughtful and revealing critical commentary. Though the importance of The Americans has been widely acknowledged, it still retains much of its mystery. This compr
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 186 pages)
- Contents
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- Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword: Robert Frank; Introduction; Part One: America and The Americans; 1 Frank and the '50s; 2 Developing The Americans; 3 A Divided World: 'Art' and 'Documentary' Photography; 4 The Creation, Selection and Programming of The Americans' Images: All That Jazz; 5 Image and Text; Part Two: Themes in The Americans; 6 People of the Flag; 7 On the Road; 8 Losing My Religion: New Icons For a New Civilization; 9 The Americans' Response To The Family of Man Exhibition
- 10 The Americans and the Promotional Images of the Standard Oil Company11 The Primacy of the Visual; Part Three: The Americans As a Photographic Sequence; 12 Tracing the Lines of His Hand; Conclusion; References; Photographs in The Americans; Index; Back Cover
- Isbn
- 9781841504469
- Label
- Robert Frank's The Americans : the art of documentary photography
- Title
- Robert Frank's The Americans
- Title remainder
- the art of documentary photography
- Statement of responsibility
- Jonathan Day
- Subject
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- 1945-1970
- Américains (Frank, Robert)
- Documentary photography
- Documentary photography
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Frank, Robert, 1924-
- Frank, Robert, 1924-2019
- Manners and customs
- PHOTOGRAPHY -- Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions | General
- PHOTOGRAPHY -- Photoessays & Documentaries
- PHOTOGRAPHY -- Subjects & Themes | General
- Photographic criticism
- Photographic criticism
- Pictorial works
- United States
- United States -- Social life and customs -- 1945-1970 -- Pictorial works
- PHOTOGRAPHY -- Individual Photographers | Artists' Books
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In the mid 50s, Swiss-born New Yorker Robert Frank embarked on a ten-thousand-mile road trip across post-war America, capturing thousands of photographs of all levels of a rapidly changing society. The resultant photo-book, The Americans, represents a seminal moment in both photography and in America's emerging understanding of itself. To mark the book's fiftieth anniversary, Jonathan Day revisits this pivotal work and contributes a thoughtful and revealing critical commentary. Though the importance of The Americans has been widely acknowledged, it still retains much of its mystery. This compr
- Cataloging source
- E7B
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Day, Jonathan
- Dewey number
- 779.092
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- TR140.F828
- LC item number
- D39 2011eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Frank, Robert
- Documentary photography
- Photographic criticism
- United States
- PHOTOGRAPHY
- PHOTOGRAPHY
- PHOTOGRAPHY
- PHOTOGRAPHY
- Documentary photography
- Manners and customs
- Photographic criticism
- United States
- Label
- Robert Frank's The Americans : the art of documentary photography, Jonathan Day
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword: Robert Frank; Introduction; Part One: America and The Americans; 1 Frank and the '50s; 2 Developing The Americans; 3 A Divided World: 'Art' and 'Documentary' Photography; 4 The Creation, Selection and Programming of The Americans' Images: All That Jazz; 5 Image and Text; Part Two: Themes in The Americans; 6 People of the Flag; 7 On the Road; 8 Losing My Religion: New Icons For a New Civilization; 9 The Americans' Response To The Family of Man Exhibition
- 10 The Americans and the Promotional Images of the Standard Oil Company11 The Primacy of the Visual; Part Three: The Americans As a Photographic Sequence; 12 Tracing the Lines of His Hand; Conclusion; References; Photographs in The Americans; Index; Back Cover
- Control code
- 732956196
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 186 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781841504469
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- b49e0a7f-008e-46be-95b7-6d7013bb2652
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)732956196
- Label
- Robert Frank's The Americans : the art of documentary photography, Jonathan Day
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword: Robert Frank; Introduction; Part One: America and The Americans; 1 Frank and the '50s; 2 Developing The Americans; 3 A Divided World: 'Art' and 'Documentary' Photography; 4 The Creation, Selection and Programming of The Americans' Images: All That Jazz; 5 Image and Text; Part Two: Themes in The Americans; 6 People of the Flag; 7 On the Road; 8 Losing My Religion: New Icons For a New Civilization; 9 The Americans' Response To The Family of Man Exhibition
- 10 The Americans and the Promotional Images of the Standard Oil Company11 The Primacy of the Visual; Part Three: The Americans As a Photographic Sequence; 12 Tracing the Lines of His Hand; Conclusion; References; Photographs in The Americans; Index; Back Cover
- Control code
- 732956196
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 186 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781841504469
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- b49e0a7f-008e-46be-95b7-6d7013bb2652
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)732956196
Subject
- 1945-1970
- Américains (Frank, Robert)
- Documentary photography
- Documentary photography
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Frank, Robert, 1924-
- Frank, Robert, 1924-2019
- Manners and customs
- PHOTOGRAPHY -- Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions | General
- PHOTOGRAPHY -- Photoessays & Documentaries
- PHOTOGRAPHY -- Subjects & Themes | General
- Photographic criticism
- Photographic criticism
- Pictorial works
- United States
- United States -- Social life and customs -- 1945-1970 -- Pictorial works
- PHOTOGRAPHY -- Individual Photographers | Artists' Books
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