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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

Kurt Sigrist (1943)
Kurt Sigrist
1943
Kurt Seligmann (1900 - 1962)
Kurt Seligmann
1900 - 1962
Albert Rouiller (1938 - 2000)
Albert Rouiller
1938 - 2000
Ugo Rondinone (1964)
Ugo Rondinone
1964
Karin Sander (1957)
Karin Sander
1957
Giuseppe Rusconi (1688 - 1758)
Giuseppe Rusconi
1688 - 1758
Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767 - 1849)
Jacques-Laurent Agasse
1767 - 1849
Carl Franz Moos (1878 - 1959)
Carl Franz Moos
1878 - 1959
Silvio Mattioli (1929 - 2011)
Silvio Mattioli
1929 - 2011
Lothar Bechstein (1884 - 1936)
Lothar Bechstein
1884 - 1936
Heinrich Altherr (1878 - 1947)
Heinrich Altherr
1878 - 1947
Marianne Eigenheer (1945 - 2018)
Marianne Eigenheer
1945 - 2018
Henric Trenk (1818 - 1892)
Henric Trenk
1818 - 1892
Luciano Castelli (1951)
Luciano Castelli
1951
Adolf Gremlich (1915 - 1971)
Adolf Gremlich
1915 - 1971
Werner Buser (1928 - 1994)
Werner Buser
1928 - 1994

Creators Realism

Clive Head (1965)
Clive Head
1965
Camillo Pacetti (1758 - 1826)
Camillo Pacetti
1758 - 1826
Édouard Debat-Ponsan (1847 - 1913)
Édouard Debat-Ponsan
1847 - 1913
Silvio Poma (1840 - 1932)
Silvio Poma
1840 - 1932
Pierre-Louis De la Rive (1753 - 1817)
Pierre-Louis De la Rive
1753 - 1817
Alexander Mikhailovich Lyubimov (1879 - 1955)
Alexander Mikhailovich Lyubimov
1879 - 1955
Edouard de Jans (1855 - 1919)
Edouard de Jans
1855 - 1919
Jules Gélibert (1834 - 1916)
Jules Gélibert
1834 - 1916
Karl Luckhardt (1886 - 1970)
Karl Luckhardt
1886 - 1970
Friedrich Leonhard (Fritz) Heubner (1886 - 1974)
Friedrich Leonhard (Fritz) Heubner
1886 - 1974
Ernst Fries (1801 - 1833)
Ernst Fries
1801 - 1833
Franz Quallio (1844 - 1920)
Franz Quallio
1844 - 1920
Constance Jenkins Macky (1883 - 1961)
Constance Jenkins Macky
1883 - 1961
Dyalma Stultus (1901 - 1977)
Dyalma Stultus
1901 - 1977
Anton Marussig (1868 - 1925)
Anton Marussig
1868 - 1925
Konstantin Konstantinovich Pervukhin (1863 - 1915)
Konstantin Konstantinovich Pervukhin
1863 - 1915