Paper Passion - Steidl
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Robert Frank<br />
Tal Uf Tal Ab<br />
“Tal Uf Tal Ab is Swiss-German. It means direction up the valley – down the valley. Now I live and wait and think mostly<br />
in the places I live – New York City and Mabou N.S.” Robert Frank<br />
Tal Uf Tal Ab shows Robert Frank’s life now, an inquisitive existence shaped by memory, and includes photographs of<br />
newsstands, streetscapes, friends, his wife June Leaf, interiors, as well as a self-portrait. Among these images are scattered<br />
earlier ones from Frank’s past, for example a candid portrait of Jack Kerouac. As with all Frank’s publications, Tal<br />
Uf Tal Ab is a humble yet important progression in the medium of the photo-book.<br />
Robert Frank was born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1924 and immigrated to the United States in 1947. He is best known<br />
for his seminal book The Americans, first published in 1959, which gave rise to a distinct new form in the photo-book,<br />
and his experimental film Pull My Daisy, made in 1959. Frank’s other important projects include the books Black White<br />
and Things (1952) and Lines of My Hand (1972), as well as the film Cocksucker Blues (1972) for the Rolling Stones.<br />
He divides his time between New York City and Nova Scotia, Canada.<br />
Robert Frank<br />
Tal Uf Tal Ab<br />
Text by Robert Frank<br />
Book design by Robert Frank, A-chan and Gerhard <strong>Steidl</strong><br />
40 pages<br />
8.1 x 9.8 in. / 20.5 x 25 cm<br />
29 photographs<br />
Tritone<br />
Otabind softcover housed in a slipcase<br />
€ 25.00 / £ 22.00 / US$ 28.00<br />
ISBN 978-3-86930-101-3<br />
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