Moving Out [Hardcover]

Robert Frank (Author), Sarah Greenough (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 30, 1899

In the early 1950s, Robert Frank pioneered an original and sophisticated way of looking at the world--with uncompromising clarity and honesty--that has dominated the art of photography ever since. This beautifully designed and printed monograph is being published in association with Frank's major retrospective at the National Gallery of Art. 145 tritones. 15 color plates. 12 duotone illustrations.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

This publication is the first broad survey of Frank, unanimously regarded as one of the most important postwar photographers. Compiled with the assistance of the artist himself, it features selections from his earlier well-known books (The Americans, The Lines of My Hand), lesser-known film stills, and recent, previously unpublished black-and-white and color composites. While necessarily selective, the chronological presentation manages to consolidate Frank's long career without sacrificing either the breadth of his themes or the pathos of the individual images. The reproductions are handsome and the layout unconventional and dramatic, presenting each work to its best artistic advantage. Given such perspective and scope, the weight and poetry of Frank's oeuvre are undeniable. The inclusion of insightful critical and biographical writings on the artist further enhance the work. A fine introduction for the uninitiated, this volume will remain a valuable archive even after a catalogue raisonne is produced.
Douglas McClemont, New York
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Robert Frank forever changed the art of photography and our visual lexicon with his epoch-defining book, The Americans. A set of gritty, haphazard, and intuitive photographs documenting America circa 1955, it brought Frank fame from which he promptly fled. Frank abandoned the hype and hubris of New York City for the privacy and primacy of Nova Scotia, the stasis of photography for the motion of movies. He also moved away from the overtly cultural and political perspective of his on-the-road photographs to more autobiographical themes, although, at every phase, he's been a chronicler of introspection and emotional tension. This focus emerges when Frank's work is seen in its entirety, which has just become possible with the opening of a retrospective exhibition and publication of this comprehensive and handsomely produced companion volume. Beginning with Frank's earliest photographs, taken in his native Switzerland, Moving Out traces his quest for freedom of vision and spontaneity of expression. While five excellent essays analyze various aspects of Frank's photographs, films, and videos, Frank himself emerges from these pages--restless, ornery, uncompromising, mournful (many later works express grief over the death of his daughter), and sentient. Donna Seaman

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Scalo Publishers; First Edition edition (December 30, 1899)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1881616266
• ISBN-13: 978-1881616269
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 9 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #776,580 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Philip Brookman is Chief Curator and Head of Research at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. He is currently working on a retrospective exhibition and book about British/American photographer Eadweard Muybridge for the Corcoran. He has organized and collaborated on major exhibitions for other museums including the Tate Modern, London, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. He was previously Senior Curator of Photography and Media Arts at the Corcoran, and has held curatorial positions at Washington Project for the Arts, El Centro Cultural de la Raza, San Diego, and the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is also a photographer, filmmaker, writer, and editor. He graduated with degrees 20th Century Art History and Fine Arts from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Brookman recently completed work on several exhibitions and books, including Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change, Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes, Leo Rubinfien: Wounded Cities, Modernism: Designing a New World, Sally Mann: What Remains, Common Ground: Discovering Community in 150 Years of Art, and Robert Frank: London/Wales for the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Robert Frank: Storylines for the Tate Modern and Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona. He was also co-curator of the exhibitions and co-editor of the books Robert Frank: Moving Out for the National Gallery of Art, Washington and Robert Frank: New York to Nova Scotia for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Some of Brookman's other recent projects for the Corcoran include the exhibitions, books, and web sites Emmet Gowin: Changing the Earth, Media/Metaphor: The 46th Biennial Exhibition, and Half Past Autumn: The Art of Gordon Parks. Brookman has since 1994 produced a number of other traveling exhibitions and books for the Corcoran, including Raised by Wolves: Photographs and Documents by Jim Goldberg, Hospice: A Photographic Inquiry, The Way Home: Ending Homelessness in America, and Arnold Newman: Breaking Ground

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Impacting & Revolutionary, May 24, 2006

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Duncan Wong (EyesCoffee.com from Hong Kong) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moving Out (Hardcover)

Robert Frank is considered as one of the pioneer in photography and film art. He started his work in 50's and has been continuing his work in the past fifty years. You can find a rich collection of images he had made, which forms an flow of memory of America and other cities in the world. The raw and unusual style in treating his photography subjects is very impressive. Sequence of some images are poetic and require your open interpretation.

An early statement made by Robert Frank in 1951, 'When people look at my pictures, I want them to feel the way they do when they want to read a line of a poem twice.'

Even looking at his works in 2006, that is so impacting. I cannot imagine how revolutionary it was when created in 50's. That is like some kind of snapshot experiment people are doing right now, he did that half a century ago.

If you like B/W, you would not be disappointed in this.

5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars an excellent review of the best photo essayists life work, March 15, 1999

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This review is from: Moving Out (Hardcover)

if you do or dont know robert frank, you should still pick up this book. if you own a copy, buy another for a friend, its that good. not only does it show us all the goodies, it shows a lot of the baddies, too. the stuff from the end of the mans life doesnt strike my fancy, but it shows how he evolved.

i guess this reads like a biography if your not into page turning and picture glimpsing. but thats allright.

things to recommend for fans of this book: pull my daisy the movie by frank mention numerous times the lines of my hands published beforehand but includes plenty more goodies not included in this package

for fans of the above listed, check out this veritable omnibus, you wont be disappointed.

ryan maclean, 99

1 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ...then I'll move in, April 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Moving Out (Hardcover)

This book was great I thought! I just love the use of Black and White and color photography within the same space...I think Frank has done this with much beauty.

I am actually doing a project at the moment on photography and painting and the two concepts combined. If anyone out there can suggest more books and artists - please e-mail me!