Robert Frank
-Born: November 9, 1924
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-Age: 92
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-From: Switzerland
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-Married to Mary Frank
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-He immigrated to America in 1947
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-Photographer and documentary filmmaker
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-Most famous for artwork "The Americans"
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-The Americans was an artwork that showcased the way Frank saw America unlike the rest of society.
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-Frank saw America as different. While, the rest of society saw it as America as one.
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-Frank expressed love but, he showed America as a reality.
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-He showed the unspoken, the racism, mass consumerism and the division between rich and poor.
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-He became a photographer as a way to escape the pressure of his business oriented family. Growing up in Europe during WWII as a jewish man made Frank see the world in a way others did not. He saw the bad in the world.
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-He apprenticed for Hermann Segesser. He worked for Harper's Bazaar, wrote the Americans and worked with the promotion department at the New York Times.
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