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Home>Robert Frank Collection Guide>Publications about Robert Frank

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# The Robert Frank Collection

**Publications about Robert Frank**

**Books and Exhibition Catalogues**

Alexander, Stuart. *Robert Frank: A Bibliography, Filmography, and Exhibition Chronology 1946 – 1985.*Tucson: Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1986.

*The Art of Photography.*Life Library of Photography. New York: Time-Life Books, 1971.

Bezner, Lili Corbus. *Photography and Politics in America: From the New Deal into the Cold War.*Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.

Brookman, Philip, ed. *Robert Frank: An Exhibition of Photography and Films, 1945 – 1977.*Santa Cruz: Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1978.

Brookman, Philip, ed. *Robert Frank: Photographer / Filmmaker, Works from 1945 – 1979.*Long Beach, CA: Long Beach Museum of Art, 1979.

Brookman, Philip, ed. *Robert Frank: London / Wales.*Zurich: Scalo; London: Thames & Hudson, in association with the Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC, 2003.

Brookman, Philip, and Vicente Todolí. *Robert Frank: Storylines.*London: Tate Publishing, 2004.

Burger-Utzer, Brigitta, Stefan Grissemann, and Robert Frank. *Frank Films: The Film and Video Work of Robert Frank.*Zurich and Berlin: Scalo, 2003.

Codrescu, Andrei, and Terence Pitts. *Reframing America: Alexander Alland, Otto Hagel & Hansel Mieth, John Gutmann, Lisette Model, Marion Palfi, Robert Frank.*Tucson: Center for Creative Photography; Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1995.

Cohen, Susan, and William S. Johnson. *Horses, Sea Lions, and Other Creatures: Robert Frank, Dave Heath, Robert Heinecken, and John Wood.*Belmont, MA: Joshua Press, 1986.

Day, Jonathan. *Robert Frank's "The Americans": The Art of Documentary Photography*. Briston, Chicago: Intellect, 2011.

*Documentary Photography.*Life Library of Photography. New York: Time-Life Books, 1972. Revised edition, Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1983.

Eskenazi, Jason. *By the Glow of the Jukebox: The Americans List*. New York: Red Hook Editions, 2012.

Eskildsen, Ute, ed. *Robert Frank: Hold Still — Keep Going,*Zurich: Scalo, 2001.

Frank, Robert, and Ute Eskildsen. *Paris: A Short Return.*Göttingen: Steidl, 2008.

*Great Photographers.*Life Library of Photography. New York: Time-Life Books, 1971.

Greenough, Sarah, and Philip Brookman, eds. *Robert Frank: Moving Out.*Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art; Zurich: Scalo, 1994.

Hall, Lars, and Gunilla Knape, eds. *Flamingo by Robert Frank.*Gothenburg: Hasselblad Center, 1997.

Hibi, Yuichi. *A Weekend with Mr. Frank.*Tucson: Nazraeli Press, 2006.

Johnson, William S., ed. *The Pictures Are a Necessity: Robert Frank in Rochester, NY, November 1988.*Rochester Film and Photo Consortium Occasional Papers, no. 2. Rochester, NY: International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, 1989.

Katz, Paul. *Robert Frank: “The Americans” and New York Photographs.*New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1979.

Katz, Paul. “Robert Frank.” In *Photography Venice ’79,*311 – 326. Venice and Milan: Gruppo Editoriale Electa; New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1979.

Lhamon, W. T. *Deliberate Speed: The Origins of a Cultural Style in the American 1950s.*Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2002.

Livingston, Jane. *The New York School: Photographs, 1936 – 1963.*New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1992.

Ming, Dodo Jin. *Waiting for Mushroom: The Private Robert Frank and June Leaf.*Zurich: Scalo; London: Thames & Hudson, 2001.

Osborne, Peter. *Travelling Light: Photography, Travel, and Visual Culture.*Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2000.

Papageorge, Tod. *Walker Evans and Robert Frank: An Essay on Influence.*New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1981.

Perchik, Simon. *The Snowcat Poems, 1980 – 1981, to the Photographs of Robert Frank.*North Charleston: Linwood Publishers, 1985.

*Robert Frank.*Introduction by Rudolph Wurlitzer. Histoire de la Photographie. Paris: Robert Delpire; Fondation Nationale de la Photographie; Nouvel Observateur, 1976. Reprinted Millerton, NY: Aperture, 1976.

*Robert Frank.*Paris: Centre National de la Photographie, 1983. Reprinted New York: Pantheon Books; Paris: Centre National de la Photographie, 1985.

*Robert Frank.*Mostra Internationale. Rimini, Italy: Riminicinema, 1990.

*Robert Frank.*London: Thames & Hudson, 1991.

*Robert Frank: Fotografias / Films 1948 – 1984.*Valencia, Spain: Sala Parpalló; Institución Alfons el Magnànim, 1985.

*Robert Frank: La photographie, enfin.*Special issue of *Les Cahiers de la Photographie,*nos. 11 – 12. Laplume, France: Association de Critique Contemporaine en Photographie, 1983.

*Robert Frank. Sobre Valencia 1950.*Valencia, Spain: Sala Parpalló; Institución Alfons el Magnànim, 1985.

*Robert Frank. Werkverzeichnis.*Zurich: J. E. Wolfensberger; Kunsthaus Zürich, 1976.

*Six Photographers: An Exhibition of Contemporary Photography.*Urbana: College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois, 1961.

Soncini, Franca. *Ideas: Fotos di Robert Frank.*Milan: Alberto Aspesi, 1997.

Stahel, Urs, ed. *Essays über Robert Frank.*Göttingen: Steidl, 2005.

Steichen, Edward, ed. *The Family of Man.*Introduction by Edward Steichen. Prologue by Carl Sandburg. New York: Museum of Modern Art, distributed by Simon & Schuster, 1955.

Szarkowski, John. *The Photographer’s Eye.*New York: Museum of Modern Art, distributed by Doubleday, 1966.

Tannenbaum, Barbara, and David B. Cooper. *Robert Frank and American Politics.*Akron, OH: Akron Art Museum, 1985.

Trachtenberg, Alan, Peter Neill, and Peter Bunnell. *The City: American Experience.*New York: Oxford University Press, 1971.

Tucker, Anne Wilkes, and Philip Brookman, eds. *Robert Frank: New York to Nova Scotia.*Boston: Little, Brown; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1986.

Turner, Peter, and Gerry Badger. *Photo Texts.*London: Travelling Light, 1988.

*12 Photographers of the American Social Landscape.*Waltham, MA: Poses Institute of Fine Arts, Brandeis University, 1967.

Weiermair, Peter, and Gerald Matt, eds. *Americans 1940 – 2006, Amerika: Die soziale Landschaft 1940 bis 2006. Meisterwerke amerikanischer Fotografie.*Vienna: Kunsthalle Wien; Bologna: Grafiche Damiani, 2006.

*Weltausstellung der Photographie 1952.*Lucerne: Genossenschaft Photoausstellung, 1952.

Westerbeck, Colin, and Joel Meyerowitz. *Bystander: A History of Street Photography.*Boston: Bulfinch Press, 1994.

**Articles, Book Sections, Reviews**

Alexander, Stuart. “Les Américains.” *Sensible*[Centre Régional de la Photographie, Nord Pas-de-Calais] 2 (1996): n.p.

Alexander, Stuart. “Robert Frank.” *Katalog: Journal of Photography and Video*9, no. 4 (Fall 1997): 32 – 33.

“Les Américains.” Review of *Les Américains.*In *Carrefour*[Paris] 15, no. 740 (November 19, 1958): 14.

Baas, Valerie, and Nancy W. Barr. “Note on the Rarity and Care of Works by Robert Frank in the Detroit Institute of Arts.” *Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts*80, nos. 1 – 2 (2006): 52 – 57.

Badger, Gerry. “From Humanism to Formalism: Thoughts on Post-War American Photography.” In *American Images: Photography 1945 – 1980,*edited by Peter Turner, 11 – 22. New York: Viking Press; London: Barbican Art Gallery, 1985.

Baetens, Jan. “Motifs of Extraction: Photographic Images on Book Covers.” *History of Photography*29, no. 1 (2005): 81 – 89.

Baier, Lesley K. “Visions of Fascination and Despair: The Relationship between Walker Evans and Robert Frank.” *Art Journal*41, no. 1 (Spring 1981): 55 – 63.

Barr, Nancy Watson. “Truth, Memory, and the American Working-Class City: Robert Frank in Detroit and at the Rouge.” *Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts*76, nos. 1 – 2 (2002): 62 – 74.

Barrow, Thomas F. “A Letter with Some Thoughts on Photography’s Future.” *Album,*no. 6 (July 1970): 2 – 3.

Becker, Howard S. “Photography and Sociology.” *Afterimage*3, nos. 1 – 2 (May*/*June 1975): 21 – 32.

Bennett, Edna. “Black and White Are the Colors of Robert Frank.” *Aperture*9, no. 1 (1961): 20 – 22.

Bergengren, Kurt. “Fotograf påegna vägar vill bort från stelnad magasinstil.” *Aftonbladet,*January 30, 1962, n.p.

Blinder, Carolin. “ ‘A Kind of Patriotism’: Jack Kerouac’s Introduction to Robert Frank’s *The Americans*(1959).” In *Writing and Seeing: Essays on Word and Image,*edited by Rui Carvalho Homem, 235 – 244. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2006.

“Books.” Review of *The Americans.*In *Art and Artists*6, no. 4 (July 1971): 70.

“Books: General.” Review of *The Americans.*In *New Yorker,*May 14, 1960, 203 – 204.

“Books of the Year.” Review of *The Americans.*In *Photography Annual 1961,*edited by Bruce Downes, 198 – 203. New York: Ziff-Davis, 1960.

Braley, Duane. “Photo Books Not Always Pretty, Have Impact.” Review of *The Americans.*In *Minneapolis Tribune,*June 29, 1969, sec. E:10.

Brown, Geoffrey. “Robert Frank: Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography.” *Flash Art*35, no. 226 (2002): 104.

Brumfield, John. “ ‘The Americans’ and *The Americans.*” *Afterimage*8, nos. 1 – 2 (Summer 1980): 8 – 15.

Bunnell, Peter C. “Robert Frank’s *Fourth of July—Jay, New York.*” In *Inside the Photograph: Writings on Twentieth-Century Photography,*161 – 163. New York: Aperture; distributed by D.A.P., 2006. Originally published in *Print Collector’s Newsletter*7, no. 3 (July / August 1976): 81.

Campbell, Neil. “Cold War ‘Containment Culture’ and Photography: Robert Frank’s *The Americans*and the 1950s.” In *American Visual Cultures,*edited by David Holloway and John Beck, 142 – 149. London and New York: Continuum, 2005.

Cascade, Rebecca. “This American Life.” *Art and Auction*27, no. 2 (2004): 132, 134.

Caso, Paul. “Peinture américaine au Palais des Beaux-Arts.” Review of *Les Américains.*In *Le Soir*[Brussels], December 11, 1958, 2.

Cassell, James. “Robert Frank’s *The Americans:*An Original Vision Despite Tod Papageorge’s Challenge.” *New Art Examiner*8, no. 10 (1981): 1, 8.

Caulfield, Patricia. “New Photo Books: *The Americans.*” Review of *The Americans.*In *Modern Photography*24, no. 6 (June 1960): 32 – 33.**

Cembalest, Robin. “Indelible Images.” *ArtNews*88, no. 4 (April 1989): 174 – 179.

Chuang, Joshua. “When the Messenger Is the Medium: The Making of Walker Evans’s *American Photographs*and Robert Frank’s *The Americans.*” *Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin*(2006): 109 – 123.

Claass, Arnaud. “Robert Frank et les avant-gardes.” *Contrejour*[Paris] 13 (October*/*November 1977): 22 – 25.

Coleman, A. D. “Latent Image: Robert Frank.” Review of *The Americans.*In *Village Voice,*May 1, 1969, 13.

“Contemporary Photographers: Robert Frank.” *PSA**Journal*33, no. 1 (January 1967): 27.

Cook, Jno. “Robert Frank’s America.” *Afterimage*9, no. 8 (March 1982): 9 – 14.

Cook, Jno. “Robert Frank: Dissecting the American Image.” *Exposure*24, no. 1 (1986): 31 – 41.

Cook, Jno. “The Robert Frank Coloring Book.” *Creative Camera*8, no. 9 (1989): 48 – 51.

Cotkin, George. “Robert Frank’s Existential Vision.” In *Existential America.*Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003, 210 – 221. Originally published as “The Photographer in the Beat-Hipster Idiom: Robert Frank’s *The Americans.*” In *American Studies*26, no. 1 (Spring 1985): 19 – 33.

Cousineau, Penny. “Robert Frank’s Postcards from Everywhere.” *Afterimage*5, no. 8 (February 1978): 6 – 8.

Crane, Arnold H. “For the Photography Collector.” Review of *The Americans.*In *Chicago Daily News,*July 12, 1969, Panorama section, 9.

Deschin, Jacob. “Abstract Images: Display Arranged by Steichen Includes Variety of Experimental Work.” *New York Times,*May 6, 1951, sec. 2:15.

Deschin, Jacob. “European Pictures: Modern Museum Presents Collection by Steichen.” *New York Times,*May 31, 1953, sec. 2:13.

Deschin, Jacob. “Project Awards: Guggenheim Fellowships for Frank and Webb.” *New York Times,*May 1, 1955, sec. 2:17.

Deschin, Jacob. “Picture Annuals: American, German, and British Work Reviewed.” Review of *U.S. Camera Annual 1958.*In *New York Times,*December 1, 1957, sec. 2:21.

Deschin, Jacob. “Two-Man Exhibit: Photographs by Callahan and Frank at Museum of Modern Art.” *New York Times,*February 4, 1962, sec. 2:21.

Deschin, Jacob. “Photography: Camera Looks at America.” Review of *The Americans.*In *New York Times,*August 17, 1969, sec. 2:22.

Di Piero, W. S. “Not a Beautiful Picture: On Robert Frank.” In *Out of Eden: Essays on Modern Art.*Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991, 179 – 198. Originally published in *TriQuarterly*76 (Fall 1989): 146 – 165.

Enright, Robert. “Fragments of Memory.” *Border Crossings*21, no. 3 (2002): 18.

Evans, Walker. “Robert Frank.” In *U.S. Camera Annual 1958,*edited by Tom Maloney, 90. New York: U.S. Camera Publishing Corp., 1957.

Frank, Robert. “A Statement. . . .” In *U.S. Camera Annual 1958,*edited by Tom Maloney, 115. New York: U.S. Camera Publishing Corp., 1957.

Frank, Robert. “Robert Frank: Letter from New York.” *Creative Camera*[London], no. 60 (June 1969): 202.

Frank, Robert. “Robert Frank: Letter from New York.” *Creative Camera*[London], no. 61 (July 1969): 234 – 235.

Frank, Robert. “Robert Frank: Letter from New York.” *Creative Camera*[London], no. 62 (August 1969): 272.

Frank, Robert. “Robert Frank: Letter from New York.” *Creative Camera*[London], no. 64 (October 1969): 340.

Frank, Robert. “Robert Frank: Letter from New York.” *Creative Camera*[London], no. 66 (December 1969): 414.

Fresnault-Deruelle, Pierre. “*Les Américains*de Robert Frank.” *Revue française d’études américaines*39 (February 1989): 63 – 70.

Frizot, Michel. “Robert Frank: Ailleurs et maintenant.” *Clichés*[Brussels] 25 (April 1986): 48 – 53.

Gasser, Martin. “ ‘. . . really more like Russia, in feeling and look . . .’: Robert Frank und Amerika.” In *Swiss, made. Die Schweiz im Austausch mit der Welt,*edited by Beat Schläpfer, 79 – 92. Zurich: Scheidegger & Spiess, 1998.

Getlein, Frank. “Art: Beatniks and Beaux.” Review of *The Americans.*In*New Republic,*January 11, 1960, 21 – 22.

Gibson, Ralph. “Books: *The Americans.*” Review of *The Americans.*In *Artforum*8, no. 9 (May 1970): 92.

Green, Jonathan. “*The Americans:*Politics and Alienation.” In *American Photography: A Critical History 1945 to the Present,*80 – 93. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1984.

Grundberg, Andy. “Affirming and Dissident Visions of America.” *New York Times,*November 9, 1986, sec. 2:31.

Guerrin, Michel. “Sur la route de la mélancolie avec Robert Frank.” *Le Monde,*November 6, 2004, 29.

“Guggenheim Fellows in Photography.” In *U.S. Camera Annual 1958,*edited by Tom Maloney, 89. New York: U.S. Camera Publishing Corp., 1957.

Guimond, James. “The Great American Wasteland.” In *American Photography and the American Dream.*Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991, 207 – 244.

Gutierrez, Donald. “Books: The Unhappy Many.” Review of *The Americans.*In *Dissent*8, no. 4 (Autumn 1961): 515 – 516.

Hagen, Charles. “Candid Camera.” *Artforum*24, no. 10 (Summer 1986): 23, 116 – 119.

Halter, Peter. “*Ut Pictura Poesis:*Reading Robert Frank’s *The Americans*as a Photographic Sequence.” In *Literature and the Visual Arts in 20th-Century America,*edited by Michele Bottalico, 43 – 65. Bari, Italy: Palomar, 2002.

Hinderaker, Mark. “*The Family of Man*and *The Americans.*” *Photographer’s Forum*2, no. 4 (September 1980): 22 – 28.

Hoberman, J. “On the Road Again.” *Artforum International*45, no. 8 (2007): 89 – 90.

Hogan, William. “A Bookman’s Notebook: Photo Coverage of the Ugly American.” Review of *The Americans.*In *San Francisco Chronicle,*January 27, 1960, 25.**

Holland, Patricia. “Robert Frank: Reinventing Memory.” *Creative Camera,*no. 359 (1999): 32 – 35.

Horak, Jan-Christopher. “Robert Frank: Daddy Searching for the Truth.” In *Making Images Move: Photographers and Avant-Garde Cinema,*161 – 189. Washington, DC, and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997.

Jeffrey, Ian. “Robert Frank: Photographs from London and Wales, 1951.” In *Creative Camera Inter-national Year Book 1975,*edited by Colin Osman and Peter Turner, 10 – 36. London: Coo Press Ltd., 1974.

Jobey, Liz. “The Unamerican.” *Independent on Sunday: Sunday Review,*March 29, 1992, 8 – 10.

“John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellows in Photography 1937 – 1965.” *Camera*45, no. 4 (April 1966): 2 – 66.

Johnson, William S. “Public Statements / Private Views: Shifting the Ground in the 1950s.” In *Observations: Essays on Documentary Photography,*edited by David Featherstone, 81 – 92. Carmel, CA: Friends of Photography, 1984.

Kinzer, H. M. “Today’s Best Picture Books.” *Popular Photography*52, no. 5 (May 1963): 60 – 61.

Kornbluh, Barry. “Robert Frank.” *Blad*4 (1995): 50 – 58.

Lalanne, Jean-Marc. “Rotterdam, on y retourne.” *Cahiers du Cinéma,*no. 522 (1998): 22.

Lambeth, Michel. “Books Reviewed: *The Americans.*” Review of *The Americans.*In *Canadian Forum*40, no. 475 (August 1960): 120.

Lyons, Nathan. “Photographic Books.” In *The Encyclopedia of Photography,*vol. 14,**edited by Willard D. Morgan, 2680 – 2688. New York: Greystone Press, 1963.

M. G. [Manuel Gasser]. “Kritisches zu zwölf neuen Photobüchern: Reportagen.” Review of *Les Américains.*In *Du,*March 1959, 80, 82.

Malcolm, Janet. “Slouching Towards Bethlehem, PA.” In *Diana & Nikon: Essays on Photography,*125 – 145. New York: Aperture, 1997.

Maloney, Tom. “U.S. Camera 1958.” In *U.S. Camera Annual 1958,*edited by Tom Maloney, 124, 280. New York: U.S. Camera Publishing Corp., 1957.

Mann, Margery. “Photography.” *Artforum*6, no. 2 (October 1967): 67 – 70.

Mann, Margery. “West: *The Americans*Revisited.” *Camera 35*18, no. 10 (January 1975): 14, 74 – 75.

Marcus, Greil. “On the Road Again: Robert Frank Driving and Crying.” *Artforum International*33 (1994): 52 – 57.

Martine, Claude. “Trois voyageurs nous livrent une Amérique préfabriquée.” Review of *Les Américains.*In *Arts, Lettres, Spectacles,*December 17 – 23, 1958, 3.

McGee, Robert. “Mabou Blues.” *Border Crossings*18, no. 3 (1999): 54 – 56.

Millstein, Gilbert. “In Each a Self-Portrait.” Review of *The Americans.*In *New York Times Book Review,*January 17, 1960, 7.

Mitchell, W. J. T. “The Ends of American Photography: Robert Frank as National Medium.” In *What Do Pictures Want? The Lives and Loves of Images,*272 – 293. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005.

Mora, Gilles. “From *The Family of Man*(1955) to Robert Frank.” In *The Last Photographic Heroes: American Photographers of the Sixties and Seventies,*12 – 17. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2007.

Nesterenko, Alexander, and C. Zoe Smith. “Contemporary Interpretations of Robert Frank’s *The Americans.*” *Journalism Quarterly*61, no. 3 (Autumn 1984): 567 – 577.

Nyren, Dorothy. “New Books Appraised: The Arts — Graphic Arts.” Review of *The Americans.*In *Library Journal*85, no. 6 (March 15, 1960): 1104.

“An Off-Beat View of the U.S.A.: *Popular Photography*’s Editors Comment on a Controversial New Book.” Reviews of *The Americans.*In *Popular Photography*46, no. 5 (May 1960): 104 – 106.

Palmer, Phil. “Powerful, Visual Statements of the World.” Review of *The Americans.*In *San Francisco Chronicle,*June 29, 1969, This World section, 33.

Papageorge, Tod. “From Walker Evans to Robert Frank: A Legacy Received, Embraced, and Transformed.” *Artforum*19 (April 1981): 33 – 37.

“*Postwar European Photography.*Exhibition Review.” *U.S. Camera*16, no. 9 (September 1953): 37 – 42.

Rice, Shelley. “Some Reflections on Time and Change in the Work of Robert Frank.” *Photo Review*13, no. 2 (Spring 1990): 1 – 9.

Richard, Paul. “Americans — Without Tricks.” Review of *The Americans.*In*Washington Post,*May 19, 1969, sec. B:5.

“Robert Frank’s Camera: Poetry of Americana.” Review of *The Americans.*In *Chicago Daily News,*May 3, 1969, Panorama section, 3.

Sandeen, Eric J. “Edward Steichen, Robert Frank, and American Modern-ism.” In *Picturing an Exhibition: “The Family of Man” and 1950s America,*155 – 180. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1995.

Sass, Ann. “Robert Frank and the Filmic Photograph.” *History of Photography*22, no. 3 (Autumn 1998): 247 – 253.

Scarborough, John. “From Nature in the Raw to Life in the Raw.” Review of *The Americans.*In *Houston Chronicle,*June 8, 1969, Zest section, 11.

Schiffman, Amy M. “Politics as Unusual: Robert Frank.” *American Photographer*13, no. 5 (November 1984): 52 – 57.

Scully, Julia, and Andy Grundberg. “Currents: American Photography Today.” *Modern Photography*42, no. 10 (October 1978): 94 – 97, 196, 198, 200.

Searle, Leroy. “Poems, Pictures, and Conceptions of ‘Language.’” *Afterimage*3, nos. 1 – 2 (May / June 1975): 33 – 39.

Shany, Ronit. “Bli Flash.” *Monitin*(May 1983): 54 – 56, 61, 63.

Shatz, Adam. “Robert Frank.” In *American Rebels,*edited by Jack Newfield, 61 – 72. New York: Thunder’s Mouth Press; Nation Books, 2003.

Silberman, Robert. “*The Americans*in Europe: Text, Context, Reception.” In *American Photographs in Europe,*edited by Mick Gidley and David E. Nye, 243 – 254. Amsterdam: Vu University Press, 1994.

Stamm, Tad, Burt Keppler, and Barney Rosset. “Letters to the Editor: *The Americans.*” *Popular Photography*47, no. 1 (July 1960): 6.

Stevens, Nancy. “*The Americans*Revisited.” *American Photographer*2, no. 6 (1979): 38 – 49.

Stimson, Blake. “Photographic Anguish and *The Americans.*” In *The Pivot of the World: Photography and Its Nation,*105 – 136. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2006.

Stott, W. “Walker Evans, Robert Frank, and the Landscape of Dissociation.” *Artscanada*31 (December 1974): 83 – 89.

Suter, Gody. “Zwölf neue Photobücher.” Review of *Les Américains.*In *Das Buch*,**literary supplement of*Die Weltwoche*[Zurich], December 12, 1958, 25.

Sutherland, Elizabeth. “Robert Frank: Biography.” In *The Encyclopedia of Photography,*vol. 9, edited by Willard D. Morgan, 1,602 – 1,604. New York: Greystone Press, 1963.

Takata, Ken. “Toward an Elegance of Movement: Walker Evans and Robert Frank Revisited.” *Journal of American Culture*12, no. 1 (1989): 55 – 64.

Vestal, David. “30 Years of Books That Shaped Photography” [Part II]. *Popular Photography*60, no. 6 (June 1967): 88 – 89, 44.

“Views: Robert Frank.” *Creative Camera,*no. 65 (November 1969): 376.

Weiss, Margot. “Book Review [Reissue of Walker Evans’s *American Photographs*].” *Infinity*11, no. 7 (September 1962): 13.

[White, Minor]. “Book Reviews: Three 1958 Annuals.” Review of *U.S. Camera Annual 1958.*In *Aperture*5, no. 4 (1957): 172 – 173.

[White, Minor]. “Book Review: *Les Américains.*” Review of *Les Américains.*In *Aperture*7, no. 3 (1959): 127.

Woodward, Richard B. “Where Have You Gone Robert Frank?” *New York Times Magazine,*September 4, 1994, 30 – 37.

Wyatt, Tom. “Being Frank.” *Creative Review*17 (1997): 39.

**Interviews**

Alexander, Stuart. “Robert Frank Discusses *The Americans*at George Eastman House, 17 and 18 August 1967.” *Katalog: Journal of Photography and Video*9, no. 4 (Fall 1997): 34 – 43.

Béhar, Henri, and Michel Guerrin. “Un entretien avec le photographe et cinéaste américain Robert Frank hors cadre.” *Le Monde,*November 17, 1994, 1, 6.

Enright, Robert. “Frank Speaking: An Interview with Robert Frank.” *Border Crossings*16, no. 4 (November 1997): 14 – 33.

Garel, Alain. “Robert Frank entretien: Image en mouvement.” *La Revue du Cinéma*[Paris] 435 (February 1988): 49 – 52.

Gehrig, Christian. “Frozen Moments.” *Schweizer Illustrierte,*April 17, 1989, 57 – 62.

Guerrin, Michel. “Robert Frank raconte sa passion pour Tuggener et ‘le miracle Suisse.’” *Le Monde,*February 18, 2000, 26.

Hachigian, Nina, and Tod Papageorge. “Interview with Robert Frank.” In *Black + White: The Yale Undergraduate Photography Review*(1989): 2 – 7.

Kernan, Sean. “Uneasy Words While Waiting: Robert Frank.” In *U.S. Camera / Camera 35 Annual: America, Photographic Statements,*edited by Jim Hughes, 139 – 145. New York: American Express Publishing Corp., 1972.

Lequeret, Elisabeth. “Robert Frank.” *Cahiers du Cinéma,*no. 621 (March 2007): 46 – 47.

Revault d’Allones, Fabrice. “Un américain à Paris.” *Photomagazine*88 (December 1987 / January 1988): 26 – 28.

“Robert Frank.” In *Photography within the Humanities,*edited by Eugenia Parry Janis and Wendy MacNeil, 52 – 65. Danbury, NH: Addison House, 1977.

“Robert Frank.” *Camera Austria*22 (1987): 17 – 23.

“Robert Frank.” *Switch*[Tokyo] 10, no. 4 (September 1992): 12 – 91.

Schaub, Martin. “FotoFilmFotoFilm. Eine Spirale: Robert Franks Suche nach den Augenblicken der wahren Empfindung.” *Cinema. Unabhängige Schweizer Filmzeitschrift*[Zurich] 30 (1984): 75 – 94.

Schmid, Joachim. “Ein Interview mit Robert Frank.” *Fotokritik*[Berlin], no. 14 (June 1985): 16 – 21.

Swanberg, Lasse. “Robert Frank.” In *Fotografisk Årsbok 1968,*56 – 61. Stockholm: Nordisk Rotogravyrs Förlag; P.A. Norstedt & Söner, 1967.

“Walker Evans on Robert Frank/Robert Frank on Walker Evans (Interview with Frank, May 1971).” In *Still / 3,*edited by James Eisenman, 2 – 6. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1973.

Wallis, Brian. “Robert Frank: American Visions.” *Art in America*84, no. 3 (March 1996): 74 – 79.

Wheeler, Dennis. “Robert Frank Interviewed.” *Criteria*3, no. 2 (June 1977): 1, 4 – 7, 24.

**Academic Theses**

Alexander, Stuart. “The Criticism of Robert Frank’s *The Americans.*” MA thesis, University of Arizona, 1986.

Dean, Stephanie Georgina. “Robert Frank’s Absurd Americans: Existentialism Present in the Photographs and Photographic Sequence of *The Americans.*” MA thesis, Columbia College, 2005.

Ellsworth, Kirstin Lynne. “Icons on the American Landscape in the 1960s: Mapping the Culture of Car and Road.” PhD dissertation, Indiana University, 2005.

Laufer, Marilyn. “In Search of America: Photography from the Road 1936 – 1976.” PhD dissertation, Washington University, 1992.

Lent, Tina Olsin. “Situating *The Americans:*Robert Frank and the Transformation of American Photography.” PhD dissertation, University of Rochester, 1994.

Meiners, Cristy Michelle. “Cultural Myths of the American Automobile in Robert Frank’s *The Americans*and 1950s Commercial Images.” MA thesis, Brigham Young University, 2005.

Moyers, Scott Patrick. “Going Nowhere Fast: The Car, the Highway, and American Identity in Vladimir Nabokov’s *Lolita*and Robert Frank’s *The Americans.*” MA thesis, College of William and Mary, 1997.

Sass, Ann. “Robert Frank’s Photog-raphy 1942 – 1959.” PhD dissertation, Columbia University, 1991.

**Related Material**

*Bauer und Arbeiter. 70 Photos von Paul Senn.*Introduction by Arnold Kübler. Zurich: Büchergilde Gutenberg, 1943.

Belgrad, Daniel. *The Culture of Spontaneity: Improvisation and the Arts in Postwar America.*Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998.**

Blaine, Allan. “The Making (and Unmaking) of *Pull My Daisy.*” *Film History*2, no. 3 (September – October 1988): 185 – 205.

Cartier-Bresson, Henri. *The Decisive Moment: Photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson.*New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952.

Cartier-Bresson, Henri. *Moscou. Vu par Henri Cartier-Bresson.*Paris: Collection Neuf; Robert Delpire, 1955.

Frey, Theo. *Ein Buch vom Bauen.*Zurich: Fretz & Wasmuth Verlag, 1943.

Gasser, Martin, ed. “Special Issue: Photography in Switzerland.” *History of Photography*22, no. 3 (Autumn 1998).

Klein, William. *Life Is Good & Good For You in New York: Trance Witness Revels.*Paris: Éditions du Seuil, Album Petite Planète 1, 1956.

Kozloff, Max, et al. *The Social Scene: The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Photography Collection at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.*Exh. cat. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2000.

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