June with Alberto Aspesi, Washington, DC
2008
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 10.2 × 15.1 cm (4 × 5 15/16 in.) sheet: 22.6 × 17.6 cm (8 7/8 × 6 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Jane P. Watkins
Accession Number
2015.186.1.29
Art Historical Context
Robert Frank’s “June with Alberto Aspesi, Washington, DC” (2008) offers a quiet, intimate glimpse into the photographer’s later career. Best known for his groundbreaking 1958 book “The Americans,” Frank continued to explore the poetry of everyday encounters well into his eighties. This small gelatin silver print captures a moment shared between two figures in the nation’s capital, reflecting his lifelong interest in personal relationships and fleeting human connections rather than grand public events. Printed on traditional gelatin silver paper, the work demonstrates Frank’s enduring commitme...
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...