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Frank, Robert (Photographer) & Brookman, Philip (Contributor) : Robert Frank: London/wales

Scalo Publishers, Zurich, Switzerland, 2003

ISBN 3908247675

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 208 pages. Retrospective collection of photographs. One of Robert Frank's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, including the Steidl "Robert Frank Project" Edition (which is nevertheless eminently collectible in its own right). Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Wyndham Boulter Zurich: Regular-sized volume format. Black cloth boards with gray titles printed on spine, as issued. Photographs by Robert Frank. Essay by Philip Brookman. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Scalo in Zurich, Switzerland to the highest standards. In publisher's original shrinkwrap. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark exhibition of the same name held at the Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, DC in 2003. Presents Robert Frank's "London/Wales". Some of his most poetic and most beautiful images, his innate melancholy somewhat lightened by the frisson of discovery. "In 1951-1952, Frank visited London and set out to photograph the unique atmosphere of the city. He followed British financiers around the City, capturing them in their traditional top hats and long coats, creating images that depict them in a poetic dance with their fog-shrouded environment. In 1953, before the impending nationalization of the country's coal mines, Frank then travelled to the town of Careau, Wales, to photograph the coal miners whose lives revolved around their work. He shot pictures of workers, men delivering coal, children playing on the streets, people waiting or relaxing in the parks. In these photographs, he juxtaposed money and work, wealth and poverty, creating a dynamic photographic project that has never been shown before in its entirety. Frank downplayed the Modernist Movement in favor of a more provocative form that offered informal, revealing glances rather than an official document. Explores a stylistic transformation in his work, a period of development which saw his mode of photography move from an innovative Romanticism to a highly charged, metaphorical Realism. Set the stage for his ground-breaking 'The Americans' " (Philip Brookman). Even by Robert Frank's standards, these images are stunning, prompting the great American novelist (and soon-to-be collaborator) Jack Kerouac to say, "You got eyes". Robert Frank died on September 9, 2019 at the age of 94 as the greatest photographer of our time. An absolute "must-have" title for Robert Frank collectors. This title is a great photography book. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online, is still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Precedes and should NOT be confused with all other subsequent editions, including the Steidl "Robert Frank Project" Edition. Copies available online, including the Steidl Edition, command hundreds of dollars. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. 90 tritone plates. Three of Robert Frank's books were selected as among the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". At the age of 92, Robert Frank was profiled in 2016 by The New York Times as "the greatest photographer of our time". A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ROBERT FRANK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 3908247675.

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