Family--Switzerland RF 25
1970
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contact sheet
Dimensions
sheet: 25.3 x 20.4 cm (9 15/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank
Accession Number
1994.37.1214
Art Historical Context
**Family—Switzerland RF 25** Robert Frank (1970) offers an intimate window into the personal life of one of the 20th century's most photographers. Born in Switzerland in 1924, Frank gained fame with his groundbreaking 1958 book *The Americans*, raw, unflinching portrait of postwar American society that revolutionized documentary photography. By 1970, Frank had returned to more experimental and autobiographical work, often blending his Swiss heritage with his adopted American identity. This contact sheet, measuring 25.3 x 20.4 cm, captures a series of exposures likely taken during a family mome...
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...