{"id":16297,"date":"2019-09-09T06:56:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T14:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randyw.camiwp.com\/?p=16297"},"modified":"2019-09-10T13:17:50","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T21:17:50","slug":"16297","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=16297","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/the-americans-robert-frank1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/the-americans-robert-frank1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"the-americans-robert-frank\" width=\"330\" height=\"268\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/the-americans-robert-frank1.jpg 330w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/the-americans-robert-frank1-150x121.jpg 150w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/the-americans-robert-frank1-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 85vw, 330px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>ROBERT FRANK R.I.P.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Robert Frank, one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century has died at the age of 94.<\/p>\n<p>His photographic book <em>The Americans<\/em> is considered a landmark document of the USA in the 20th century. Originally printed in Paris in 1958, it is now revered for its expressively ambiguous photographs, which still provoke differing interpretations. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This is the book that sparked a thousand more, though none matched its influence. I cherish my first edition for its amazing reproduction qualities. <\/p>\n<p>Jack Kerouac, the famed Beat Generation poet and novelist, wrote the introduction to the first American edition, which came out in 1959. Kerouac said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Robert Frank\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 he sucked a sad poem right out of America onto film, taking rank among the tragic poets of the world.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/13879f5c-1d45-4e30-b735-7c7702f563191.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/13879f5c-1d45-4e30-b735-7c7702f563191.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"13879f5c-1d45-4e30-b735-7c7702f56319\" width=\"330\" height=\"214\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/13879f5c-1d45-4e30-b735-7c7702f563191.jpg 330w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/13879f5c-1d45-4e30-b735-7c7702f563191-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/13879f5c-1d45-4e30-b735-7c7702f563191-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 85vw, 330px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROBERT FRANK R.I.P. Robert Frank, one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century has died at the age of 94. His photographic book The Americans is considered a landmark document of the USA in the 20th century. 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