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Robert Frank

Robert Frank was a Swiss photographer and documentary filmmaker, who became an American binational. His most notable work, the 1958 book titled The Americans, earned Frank comparisons to a modern-day de Tocqueville for his fresh and nuanced outsider's view of American society. Critic Sean O'Hagan, writing in The Guardian in 2014, said The Americans "changed the nature of photography, what it could say and how it could say it. it remains perhaps the most influential photography book of the 20th century." Frank later expanded into film and video and experimented with manipulating photographs and photomontage.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:9 november 1924, Zurich, Switzerland
Date and place of death:9 september 2019, Inverness, Canada
Nationality:Switzerland, Canada
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Artist, Filmmaker, Photographer
Genre:Documentary photography, Street Photography
Art style:Realism

Creators Switzerland

Karl Madritsch (1908 - 1986)
Karl Madritsch
1908 - 1986
August Wilhelm Leu (1818 - 1897)
August Wilhelm Leu
1818 - 1897
Maurice Hagemans (1852 - 1917)
Maurice Hagemans
1852 - 1917
Julius Bissier (1893 - 1965)
Julius Bissier
1893 - 1965
Otto Landolt (1889 - 1951)
Otto Landolt
1889 - 1951
Paul Monnier (1907 - 1982)
Paul Monnier
1907 - 1982
Nag Arnoldi (1928 - 2017)
Nag Arnoldi
1928 - 2017
Bendicht Fivian (1940 - 2019)
Bendicht Fivian
1940 - 2019
Kurt Laurenz Metzler (1941)
Kurt Laurenz Metzler
1941
Joseph Wannenmacher (1722 - 1780)
Joseph Wannenmacher
1722 - 1780
Antonio Chizeri (1821 - 1891)
Antonio Chizeri
1821 - 1891
Nico Krebs (1979)
Nico Krebs
1979
Hans Falk (1918 - 2002)
Hans Falk
1918 - 2002
Amade Bart (1899 - 1926)
Amade Bart
1899 - 1926
Robert Zund (1826 - 1909)
Robert Zund
1826 - 1909
Walter Schulz-Matan (1889 - 1965)
Walter Schulz-Matan
1889 - 1965

Creators Realism

Fritz Hickmann (1820 - 1900)
Fritz Hickmann
1820 - 1900
Marie Heijermans (1859 - 1937)
Marie Heijermans
1859 - 1937
Johan Mari Henri ten Kate (1831 - 1910)
Johan Mari Henri ten Kate
1831 - 1910
Galina Dmitrievna Chechulina (1926)
Galina Dmitrievna Chechulina
1926
Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov (1850 - 1929)
Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov
1850 - 1929
Johann Gottfried Steffan (1815 - 1905)
Johann Gottfried Steffan
1815 - 1905
Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat (1833 - 1922)
Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat
1833 - 1922
Jean Laudy (1877 - 1956)
Jean Laudy
1877 - 1956
Boris Fyodorovich Chaliapin (1904 - 1979)
Boris Fyodorovich Chaliapin
1904 - 1979
Alessio Issupoff (1889 - 1957)
Alessio Issupoff
1889 - 1957
Traugott Senn (1877 - 1955)
Traugott Senn
1877 - 1955
Heinrich Kley (1863 - 1945)
Heinrich Kley
1863 - 1945
Fritz Overbeck (1869 - 1909)
Fritz Overbeck
1869 - 1909
Frederick Hollyer (1838 - 1933)
Frederick Hollyer
1838 - 1933
Edward William Cooke (1811 - 1880)
Edward William Cooke
1811 - 1880
Pieter van Avont (1600 - 1652)
Pieter van Avont
1600 - 1652
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