Concert story for "New York Times" 3
1965
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contact sheet
Dimensions
sheet: 25.3 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank
Accession Number
1994.37.1207
Art Historical Context
In 1965, Swiss-born photographer Robert Frank, renowned for his groundbreaking 1958 book *The Americans*, captured raw glimpses of American life through this contact sheet titled *Concert story for " York Times" 3 Produced as part of a newspaper assignment, it reflects Frank's shift from his earlier road-trip documentary style to commissioned work amid the vibrant cultural upheavals of the mid-1960s, when folk and rock concerts were pulsing with the era's social energy. As a contact sheet—a direct print of film negatives onto a single sheet (here, 25.3 x 20.2 cm)—this piece offers a rare wind...
About the Artist
Robert Frank
Robert Frank (1924-2019) was a Swiss-American photographer and documentary filmmaker whose revolutionary approach to documentary photography fundamentally transformed the medium and influenced generations of artists. Born in Zurich, Switzerland, on November 9, 1924, to a middle-class Jewish family, Frank began his photographic apprenticeship in 1941, working with commercial photographers before im...