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Robert Frank
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Swiss-American photographer and documentary filmmaker (1924-2019)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1933
- Died
- 2019
- Works
- 52
Top works
- The voyage of the Niña II
- Pirate port
- The underwater dig
- The lure of sunken treasure
- l'expedition de la nina II/470 ans apres christophe colomb neuf hommes revivent son epopée
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Film & TV
Directing · Zurich, Switzerland
Robert Frank is one of the most acclaimed photographers of the 20th century. He is best known for his seminal book "The Americans", featuring photographs taken by the artist in the mid-1950s as he traveled across the U.S. on a Guggenheim fellowship. Robert Frank is also known as a filmmaker.
Known for
- Robert and June (and All the Time in the World) — Self2025
- Robert Frank in Conversation with Clark Winter: 10 Films2024
- June and Robert Kara and Me — Self2022
- Hit Parade — Missiê Jack2021
- Life Goes On — Self2015
- Don't Blink - Robert Frank — Self2015
- Robert Frank Films — Self2006
- Sanyu2005
- Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank — Self2004
- Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom — Self2000
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1924
- Active to
- 2019
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 195
- Total plays
- 3,301
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 94,872x
- Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 55,817x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 45,432x
- Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso
· 1996 · cited 38,852x
- The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 38,233x
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Quotes
- “Life for a photographer cannot be a matter of indifference and it is important to see what is invisible to others.”
- “People are my favourite subject because there are no two alike, so my work never becomes routine.”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1924-11-09 ) November 9, 1924, Zürich , Switzerland
- Died
- September 9, 2019 (2019-09-09) (aged 94), Inverness , Cape Breton , Nova Scotia , Canada
- Known for
- Photography, film directing
- Notable work
- The Americans
- Spouse s
- Mary Frank (divorced), June Leaf
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Wikidata facts
- Number of children
- 2
Show 3 more facts
- date of birth
- 1924-11-09
- date of death
- 2019-09-09
- name in native language
- Robert Louis Frank
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Article
Robert Frank ( Swiss Standard German: [fraŋk]; November 9, 1924 – September 9, 2019) was a Swiss American photographer and documentary filmmaker. 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.
Background and early photography career