An evening with Robert Frank (part 2)
I mentioned a few days ago that Robert Frank was to speak at the Walter Reade Theater on May 15th to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Americans. I was not able to attend, but WNYC has the audio from the Q&A. It sounds like the interviewer wasn’t great, but the audience had a good time. I am downloading it now so I can listen to it while I develop film tonight.
I already have my copy of The Americans on order, it should arrive any day now. I am really looking forward to it, it sounds like this will be the definitive edition of our time.
I have one slightly embarrassing personal anecdote to mention about Robert Frank. Early on in my very first photography class, the professor showed a slideshow of her personal work. I’ll be honest, I wasn’t really into it. At one point, she flipped to a particularly bad photo and off-handedly said, “Oh, this is when I was in my “Robert Frank” phase.” By association I assumed that Robert Frank was lousy too, and chose not to look any further into his work. Boy, was I wrong.
May 17, 2008