The Robert Frank Project - Steidl

50 th ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Robert Frank “The Americans”
“Few books in the history of photography have had as powerful an impact as ‘The Americans’”–
The New York Times.
The worldwide release of a new edition of “The Americans” on May 15, 2008, will be accompanied
by extensive media coverage, launch events, in-store co-ops and both trade and consumer
advertising.
In January 2009 the National Gallery of Art, Washington, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of
“The Americans” with an exhibition that will examine both the contsruction of the book and the
photographs themselves. “Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans” will tour to the San Fransisco
Museum of Modern Art and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The exhibition will
be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue.
Robert Frank was born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1924 and went to the United States in 1947.
He is best known for his seminal book “The Americans”, first published in 1958, which gave rise
to a distinct new art form in the photo-book, and his experimental film “Pull My Daisy”, made in
1959. His other important projects include the book “Black White and Things”, 1954, the book
“The Lines of My Hand”, 1959, and the film “Cocksucker Blues” for the Rolling Stones, 1972.
He divides his time between New York City and Nova Scotia, Canada.
Robert Frank
The Americans
Introduction by Jack Kerouac
Book design by Robert Frank, Gerhard Steidl and Claas Möller
180 pages with 83 tritone plates
8.25 x 7.25 in./20.9 x 18.4 cm
Clothbound hardcover with dust jacket
US$39.95/£20.00/€30.00
English Edition: 978-3-86521-584-0
German Edition: 978-3-86521-658-8
Chinese Edition: 978-3-86521-657-1 (RMB 288)