London/Wales

By:

Robert Frank

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Hardback

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This is new edition of the long out-of-print London/Wales, which brings together two distinct bodies of work to reveal a different understanding of Robert Frank’s contribution to the history of photography. Juxtaposing the world of money and the world of work in post-war England, Frank photographed London bankers, workers and children, and Welsh coal miners and their families. These images poetically evoke relationships between the classes during a time of change in Britain. Setting a significant documentary precedent for Frank’s best known work, The Americans, London/Wales demonstrates the artist’s early interest in social commentary, the narrative potential of photographic sequencing and his innovative use of the expressionistic qualities of the medium. Featuring over 70 black-and-white photographs, London/Wales tells a timeless story of cities, people and institutions in transition through emotional, evocative images while revealing Frank’s struggle to forge a new form of poetic narrative photography.

Author Biography:

Robert Frank (1924–2019) is an acknowledged master of photography and the photobook. Born in Zurich, he immigrated to the United States in 1947. Frank is best known for his seminal book The Americans, first published in English in 1959, which gave rise to a distinctly new form of the photobook, and his experimental film Pull My Daisy of 1959. Frank’s other important projects include the books Black White and Things (1954), Lines of My Hand (1972), the film Cocksucker Blues for the Rolling Stones (1972), and his visual diaries (2010–17). Steidl has published over 30 of Frank’s books, including his last, Good Days Quiet (2019).

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September 26th, 2024

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