{"product_id":"robert-frank-the-americans","title":"Robert Frank: The Americans","description":"\u003cp\u003eIntroduction by Jack Kerouac.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in France in 1958, then in the United States in 1959, Robert Frank's \u003cem\u003eThe Americans\u003c\/em\u003e changed the course of twentieth-century photography. In 83 photographs, Frank looked beneath the surface of American life to reveal a people plagued by racism, ill-served by their politicians and rendered numb by a rapidly expanding culture of consumption. Yet he also found novel areas of beauty in simple, overlooked corners of American life. And it was not just Frank's subject matter--cars, jukeboxes and even the road itself—that redefined the icons of America; it was also his seemingly intuitive, immediate, off-kilter style, as well as his method of brilliantly linking his photographs together thematically, conceptually, formally and linguistically, that made \u003cem\u003eThe Americans\u003c\/em\u003e so innovative. More of an ode or a poem than a literal document, the book is as powerful and provocative today as it was 56 years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e• Hardcover; English; 180 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e• Publisher: Steidl  \/  Pub Date: May 2008\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e• Dimensions: 8.5 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches (W x L x D)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aperture Foundation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50555452850233,"sku":"210000000769","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0782\/0872\/9145\/files\/9781597115711-il-24-67f04.jpg?v=1790278567","url":"https:\/\/shop.icp.org\/products\/robert-frank-the-americans","provider":"International Center of Photography","version":"1.0","type":"link"}