Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/28

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Robert Frank in Ottawa
From: "Dave Fisher" <tekapo@golden.net>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 12:57:15 -0400
References: <200206281600.JAA21530@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>

> From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Robert Frank in Ottawa

> but I think that if
> he is judge by what he's done in those "other directions," he'd be
> considered a very minor figure.

I don't have a problem viewing minor figures. I have "discovered" (i.e.
drove a car and seen a sign pointed to a stranger's driveway) the works of
obscure folk-artists in the Maritimes who have moved me more than Mark
Rothko ever has, but perhaps that's just me.

> It is only because of The Americans that
> anyone pays any attention to Frank.

Exile on Main Street. C*cksucker Blues. There are plenty of fans of the
Rolling Stones (when they actually lived up to their billing as "The
Greatest Rock & Roll Band in the World") who would disagree with you. Not
necessarily photographers or art experts, granted, but I know several who
love the classic album sleeve and call the rock-documentary "the best ever
made" and they don't have the slightest clue who Robert Frank is or what The
Americans was. They are simply spellbound by the work he did for a band
that, to be truthful, have never exactly been obscure. I would hazard to
guess that more people have seen Frank's photos on Exile on Main Street than
have ever picked up The Americans. Again, perhaps I am wrong.

> B. D.
> Throwing the old grenade and ducking.;-)



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