After The Americans, The Lines of My Hand is Frank's most important book and the publication that established his autobiographical, sometimes confessional, approach to bookmaking.
THE PHOTOGRAPHER: Robert Frank was born in Zurich in 1924 and immigrated to the United States in 1947. He is best known for his seminal book The Americans, first published in English in 1959, which gave rise to a distinctly 'new form of the photobook, He divides his time between New York City and Nova Scotia, Canada.
ABOUT THE BOOK: Originally published in 1972, reprinted by Pantheon in 1989, and by Scalo in 1996 this is a a photobook classic.Chronological selections from every stage of Frank's work until 1972: early photos in Switzerland 1945'46, Peru, Paris, Valencia, London and Wales, contact sheets from The Americans, photo-collages, film stills Pull My Daisy (1959).
This new Steidl edition is made in close collaboration with Robert Frank, it follows and updates the first US edition by Lustrum Press of 1972.
After The Americans, The Lines of My Hand is arguably Robert Frank’s most important book, and without doubt the publication that established his autobiographical, sometimes confessional, approach to bookmaking.
The book was originally published by Yugensha in Tokyo in 1972, and this new Steidl edition, made in close collaboration with Frank, follows and updates the first US edition by Lustrum Press of 1972.
The Lines of My Hand is structured chronologically and presents selections from every stage of Frank’s work until 1972—from early photos in Switzerland in 1945–46, to images of his travels in Peru, Paris, Valencia, London and Wales, and to contact sheets from his 1955–56 journey through the US that resulted in The Americans. Here too are intimate photos of Frank’s young family, later photo-collages and stills from films including Pull My Daisy and About Me: A Musical.
FORMAT: Pbk, 9 x 12 in. / 102 pgs / 160 b&w. LIST PRICE: U.S. $35.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $47.5 ISBN: 9783958293205 PUBLISHER: Steidl AVAILABLE: 2/27/2018 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of print AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: NA ONLY
After The Americans, The Lines of My Hand is arguably Robert Frank’s most important book, and without doubt the publication that established his autobiographical, sometimes confessional, approach to bookmaking.
The book was originally published by Yugensha in Tokyo in 1972, and this new Steidl edition, made in close collaboration with Frank, follows and updates the first US edition by Lustrum Press of 1972.
The Lines of My Hand is structured chronologically and presents selections from every stage of Frank’s work until 1972—from early photos in Switzerland in 1945–46, to images of his travels in Peru, Paris, Valencia, London and Wales, and to contact sheets from his 1955–56 journey through the US that resulted in The Americans. Here too are intimate photos of Frank’s young family, later photo-collages and stills from films including Pull My Daisy and About Me: A Musical.
