Henry Frank - Father Photographer: 1890-1976 (Hardcover)

Robert Frank's father, Henry, was both the proprietor of a bicycle shop in Zurich, and a keen amateur photographer. Father - Photographer makes public for the first time a selection of Henry Frank's photographs including landscapes, family portraits, still-lifes and cityscapes. When Robert Frank immigrated to the United States in 1947, a wooden box containing his father's stereophotographs was one of the few objects he brought with him. In 2008 that box and the fragile photographic glass plates within it were hand-escorted to Steidl in Goettingen, where they were scanned in tri-tone in preparation for this book. Designed by Robert Frank, Father - Photographer reveals Henry Frank to be both a talented photographer and a keen traveller. His pictures include snow-capped Alps and lakes in Switzerland, views of Venice, Pisa and Florence, and depictions of his family and friends including the young Robert. Henry Frank also reveals a passion for modern means of transport in images of aeroplanes, ships, hot-air balloons, and a car fair at the Grand Palais in Paris. Father - Photographer is a revelation of the unknown photographer Henry Frank, a historical photographic document of the early twentieth century, as well as a new chapter in Robert Frank's ongoing bookmaking.

General

Imprint:	Steidl Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	September 2009
First published:	October 2009
Editors:	Robert Frank
Authors:	Francois-Marie Banier
Dimensions:	165 x 139 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	88
ISBN-13:	978-3-86521-814-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Individual photographers
LSN:	3-86521-814-8
Barcode:	9783865218148

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