The Resource The Americans, photographs by Robert Frank ; introduction by Jack Kerouac
The Americans, photographs by Robert Frank ; introduction by Jack Kerouac
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Resource Information
The item The Americans, photographs by Robert Frank ; introduction by Jack Kerouac represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Charleston County Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- From the Publisher: In 1958, the first edition of Robert Frank's The Americans was published in Paris. Les Americains contained 83 photographs in the same sequence as subsequent editions, with the image on the right, juxtaposed with historical texts about American society and politics, gathered by Alain Bosquet. The following year, in the first American edition, the French texts were removed and an introduction by Jack Kerouac was added. Over the subsequent 50 years, The Americans has been republished in many editions, in numerous languages, with a variety of cover designs and in a range of sizes. It is the most famous photography book ever published, and it changed the face of the medium forever. Robert Frank discussed with his publisher, Gerhard Steidl, the idea of producing a new edition using modern scanning and the finest tritone printing. The starting point was to bring original prints from New York to Gottingen, Germany, where Steidl is based. In July 2007, Frank visited Gottingen. A new format for the book was worked out and new typography selected. A new cover was designed and Frank chose the book cloth, foil for embossing and the endpaper. Most significantly, as he has done for every edition, Frank changed the cropping of many of the photographs, usually including more information. Two images were changed completely from the original 1958 and 1959 editions
- Language
-
- eng
- fre
- eng
- Edition
- First Steidl edition.
- Extent
- 177 unnumbered pages
- Note
-
- Includes photographs from Beaufort, Charleston, Columbia, Georgetown, McClellanville, and St. Helena
- Originally published in French as Les Américains by R. Delpire in 1958
- Isbn
- 9783865215840
- Label
- The Americans
- Title
- The Americans
- Statement of responsibility
- photographs by Robert Frank ; introduction by Jack Kerouac
- Language
-
- eng
- fre
- eng
- Summary
- From the Publisher: In 1958, the first edition of Robert Frank's The Americans was published in Paris. Les Americains contained 83 photographs in the same sequence as subsequent editions, with the image on the right, juxtaposed with historical texts about American society and politics, gathered by Alain Bosquet. The following year, in the first American edition, the French texts were removed and an introduction by Jack Kerouac was added. Over the subsequent 50 years, The Americans has been republished in many editions, in numerous languages, with a variety of cover designs and in a range of sizes. It is the most famous photography book ever published, and it changed the face of the medium forever. Robert Frank discussed with his publisher, Gerhard Steidl, the idea of producing a new edition using modern scanning and the finest tritone printing. The starting point was to bring original prints from New York to Gottingen, Germany, where Steidl is based. In July 2007, Frank visited Gottingen. A new format for the book was worked out and new typography selected. A new cover was designed and Frank chose the book cloth, foil for embossing and the endpaper. Most significantly, as he has done for every edition, Frank changed the cropping of many of the photographs, usually including more information. Two images were changed completely from the original 1958 and 1959 editions
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1924-2019
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Frank, Robert
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1922-1969
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Kerouac, Jack
- National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Frank, Robert
- United States
- United States
- Photography, Artistic
- Street photography
- Label
- The Americans, photographs by Robert Frank ; introduction by Jack Kerouac
- Note
-
- Includes photographs from Beaufort, Charleston, Columbia, Georgetown, McClellanville, and St. Helena
- Originally published in French as Les Américains by R. Delpire in 1958
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn183263590
- Dimensions
- 19 x 22 cm
- Edition
- First Steidl edition.
- Extent
- 177 unnumbered pages
- Isbn
- 9783865215840
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9783865215840
- Other physical details
- chiefly illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)183263590
- Label
- The Americans, photographs by Robert Frank ; introduction by Jack Kerouac
- Note
-
- Includes photographs from Beaufort, Charleston, Columbia, Georgetown, McClellanville, and St. Helena
- Originally published in French as Les Américains by R. Delpire in 1958
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn183263590
- Dimensions
- 19 x 22 cm
- Edition
- First Steidl edition.
- Extent
- 177 unnumbered pages
- Isbn
- 9783865215840
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9783865215840
- Other physical details
- chiefly illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)183263590
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