Timeless photography lessons from Robert Frank

Welcome to another video and today we're taking lessons from "The Americans" by Robert Frank and have a look at how important his photography and this photobook were in the context of the 1950s.
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Books Mentioned
The Americans l https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Other Americas l https://amzn.to/3O71IfG

More on Robert Frank
https://www.britannica.com/biography/...
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/r...
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/...

Footage
WWII
   • Red Army WW2 Footage HD  
1950s America
   • 1950’s American Family Home Video Foo...  
American South
   • Experiencing Racism in Segregated Mis...  
Las Vegas
   • Las Vegas 1968 ~ Sights by day & Driv...  

Music
Release Me by Junior Kimbrough
Covered by Big Wilson & Matt Lindsay
2021
   • Release Me - Jr. Kimbrough (Shed Cover)  

Video Breakdown
00:00 - Intro
03:58 - Sucking a sad poem right out of America
07:41 - A note on Robert Frank's style
10:44 - Lesson one - composition has no rules
12:45 - Lesson two - there's photos everywhere
13: 20 - Lesson three - Don't be afraid to edit your photos
14: 03 - Book Recommendation
14:55 - Conclusions

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“As an artist today I somehow feel that you have to be enraged. I mean, besides the intuition I had and how the country affected me, I also didn’t want to produce what everybody else was producing.”
Robert Frank