The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Venue Partner)
1000 Fifth Ave at 82nd St
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Robert Frank
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Sep 22, 2009 – Jan 3, 2010
Daily
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Directions: Main Building: Take the 4, 5, or 6 train to 86th Street and walk to Fifth Avenue; OR take the M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus along Fifth Avenue. The Cloisters: Take the A train to 190th Street and walk, or transfer to the M4 bus and ride north one stop.
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Free with museum admission
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See the exhibition before it closes on Sunday! This exhibition celebrates the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Americans, Robert Frank’s influential series of black-and-white photographs made on a cross-country road trip in 1955–56. Although Frank’s depiction of American life was criticized when the book was released in the U.S. in 1959, the series of photographs soon became recognized as a masterpiece of street photography. Born in Switzerland in 1924, Frank is now considered one of the great living masters of photography. The exhibition features all 83 photographs published in The Americans and is the first time that this body of work is on view in New York.
Image: Robert Frank (American, born Switzerland, 1924). Trolley—New Orleans, 1955. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Purchase, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gift, 2005 (2005.100.454). Photograph © Robert Frank, from “The Americans”
