Edited with text by Alex Rühle. Text by Philip Brookman, Robert Frank, Sarah Greenough, Gerhard Steidl.
Issued in a pack of five copies, Robert Frank: Books and Films, 1947–2016 (a special edition of the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper, following its original design and format) is the unconventional catalogue to a traveling retrospective exhibition, recently shown at New York University, featuring interviews, essays, letters and opinion pieces alongside rich picture sequences printed on newsprint.
The exhibition presents six decades of books and films made by Robert Frank (born 1924) against the background of his iconic photographs. These images are shown in an immediate and straightforward way--printed on nearly 10-foot sheets of newsprint and installed unframed on the wall--and contextualized with information about Frank’s life, his working processes and broader cultural history.
Robert Frank: Books and Films, 1947–2016 recreates the raw, innovative approach of the exhibition in an unpretentious and accessible printed object. Frank himself summarizes the appeal of the “catalogue”: “Cheap, quick and dirty, that’s how I like it!”
FORMAT: Pbk, 15.75 x 22.5 in. / 64 pgs / illustrated throughout. LIST PRICE: U.S. $25.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $34.5 ISBN: 9783869309866 PUBLISHER: Steidl/Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich AVAILABLE: 1/24/2017 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: SDNR50 PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of stock indefinitely AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: NA ONLY
Published by Steidl/Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich. Edited with text by Alex Rühle. Text by Philip Brookman, Robert Frank, Sarah Greenough, Gerhard Steidl.
Issued in a pack of five copies, Robert Frank: Books and Films, 1947–2016 (a special edition of the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper, following its original design and format) is the unconventional catalogue to a traveling retrospective exhibition, recently shown at New York University, featuring interviews, essays, letters and opinion pieces alongside rich picture sequences printed on newsprint.
The exhibition presents six decades of books and films made by Robert Frank (born 1924) against the background of his iconic photographs. These images are shown in an immediate and straightforward way--printed on nearly 10-foot sheets of newsprint and installed unframed on the wall--and contextualized with information about Frank’s life, his working processes and broader cultural history.
Robert Frank: Books and Films, 1947–2016 recreates the raw, innovative approach of the exhibition in an unpretentious and accessible printed object. Frank himself summarizes the appeal of the “catalogue”: “Cheap, quick and dirty, that’s how I like it!”
