Re: RIP Robert Frank @ 94 - GDG

2019-09-10 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I saw the show at SFMOMA which had a huge number of marked up contact sheets. There's a book of the show which includes a lot of the same material: Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans: Expanded Edition, Greenough, Sarah https://www.amazon.com/dp/3865218067/ I've two editions, my

Re: RIP Robert Frank @ 94 - GDG

2019-09-10 Thread Christine Aguila
Sad to hear, but like everyone has said, a good long life to be sure. I love his book The Americans. I think I’ll pay homage and have another wander through the pages tonight. Christine Sent from my iPad > On Sep 10, 2019, at 4:34 PM, Bob Pdml wrote: > > I'm a big fan of The Americans,

Re: RIP Robert Frank @ 94 - GDG

2019-09-10 Thread Bob Pdml
I'm a big fan of The Americans, and just saw the announcement on Magnum's Instagram feed. People do give a great deal of credit for the success of The Americans as a work in its own right as an object rather than just a collection of photos to Robert Delpire, who did the layout and the first

Re: RIP Robert Frank @ 94 - GDG

2019-09-10 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 10/9/19, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >Robert Frank, Pivotal Figure in Documentary Photography, Is Dead at 94 Wow - a good innings. Love his work. RIP Robert Frank -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Live Broadcast News --

Re: RIP Robert Frank @ 94 - GDG

2019-09-10 Thread ann sanfedele
Well, 94 is a good long life at least... (though someone who is still alive at that age may disagee) I have "The Americans" in my library as well , and ya gotta know I'm a fan girl. Fairly recently there was a nice retrospecitve at the Met that was splendid... showing some contact sheets with

RIP Robert Frank @ 94 - GDG

2019-09-10 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Sad news today: Robert Frank, Pivotal Figure in Documentary Photography, Is Dead at 94 Mr. Frank’s visually raw and personally expressive style made him one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/10/arts/robert-frank-dead.html His