The Americans
New York: Aperture,Inc. 1978. oblong 8vo. Very good / Very good. Item #16601
First edition thus (3rd overall) of Frank's 'The Americans' which includes Jack Kerouac's witty, insightful and moving introduction as well as 83 of Frank's black and white images in sequential order.
"Robert Frank (1924 – 2019) 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. Critic Sean O'Hagan, writing in The Guardian in 2014, said The Americans "changed the nature of photography, what it could say and how it could say it. [ ... ] it remains perhaps the most influential photography book of the 20th century." Frank later expanded into film and video and experimented with manipulating photographs and photomontage." - Wiki
Black cloth. White title on spine. Tight square binding. Previous owner inscription and slight wear on front endpaper. Text block edge lightly soiled. Very slight wear on dust jacket.
A lovely addition to your photographic library.
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