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A Peek into Robert Frank’s America
Opening last week at San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art, is an exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of Robert Frank’s seminal book of photography, The Americans. After emigrating from Switzerland in 1947, Frank achieved considerable success as a commercial photographer, particularly in fashion, working for Harper’s Bazaar. With a grant from the Guggenheim Foundation, in 1955, he spent three years traveling by car across America to document a post-World War II society.
This photo, “Elevator, Miami Beach, ” is one of 83 in the SF MOMA exhibition, “Looking In: Robert Frank’s: The Americans,” which runs through August 23.
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A week after seeing this exhibit, I am still thinking and
still inspired by Robert Franks images. Hopefully, I get to see it again when you visit.