Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In my view, no photographer this century has managed to do what Robert Frank did in 1953-55 on that trip through the US with his Leica M and 600 rolls of Plus-X in changing the iconography of American photography. Add to that the irresistable images he made in Peru, all over Europe, and especially Mabou, Nova Scotia, and he gets my vote. I got to see his "Moving Out" exhibition several years ago that started at the Smithsonian and went around the world. What struck me was how he has managed to keep reinventing himself so interestingly. His output falls into distinct periods that are very different from each other, and each compelling and gutsy. On a personal level, I also admire his ruthless honesty, his shunning of the limelight and his courage in rejecting the almighty dollar. Bruce Feldman Warsaw, Poland