About the Swiss-american photographer Robert FRANK (1924-2019)

Already during his apprenticeship Robert FRANK began to catalog and edit his work. Influenced in the early years of his career by the Swiss photographers Gotthard SCHUH, Paul SENN as well as Jakob TUGGENER, he went to the USA in 1947. In 1958 his book 'The Americans' was published, a groundbreaking work that looked at Americans in a socially critical way as well as revolutionizing the aesthetics of the photo book. Among many other photo books, he also made many films, 'Pull My Daisy' (1959) as well as 'Cocksucker Blues' for the Rolling Stones (1972). Robert FRANK passed away on September 9, 2019.

Photo books by and on the work of Robert Frank

'40 Fotos' (1946, 2009 as 'Portfolio'); 'Peru' (1948, 2008); 'Paris' (1950, 2008); 'Black White and Things' (1952, 1994, 2009); 'The Americans' (1958, 1959, 2008); 'Me and my Brother' (1968, 2007); 'The Lines of My Hand' (1972, 1989, 2017); 'The Aperture History of Photography' (1976); 'New York to Nova Scotia' (1986, 2005); 'One Hour' (1992, 2007); 'Moving Out' (1995); 'Flamingo. Hasselblad Award' (1997); 'Hold Still.keep going' (2001, 2016); 'London / Wales' (2003, 2007); 'Twenty-four Photographs' (2003); 'Films' (2003); 'Storylines' (2004); 'Come Again' (2006); 'Seven Stories' (2008); 'Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans'; 'Tal Uf Tal Ab' (2010); 'Pangnirtung' (2010); 'You Would' (2012); 'Valencia 1952' (2012); 'Park / leep' 82012); 'Household Inventory' (2013); 'In America' (2014); 'Partida' (2014); 'Was haben wir gesehen / What we have seen' (2016); 'Books and Films. 1947-2014' (2016, newspaper format); 'Film Works' (2016); 'Leon of Juda' (2017); 'Good Days Quiet' (2019); ''Books and Films' (2020)


'Die Amerikaner' is the German edition of this work that looked at the Americans from a new perspective and which revolutionized the aesthetics of the photo book. It was first published in 2008, on the occasion of the anniversary of the French original.
from 198,00 € Weight 0.8 kg
This photo volume set 'Seven Stories' by Robert FRANK is a collection of small volumes that represents a new stage in his practice. As always, his photographs and stories relate to life and milieu: houses in Mabou and New York or trips to China and Spain.
298,00 € *
DVD (PAL), 82 min., 16:9, English with German subtitles
17,80 € *
re-edit, HC with dust jacket, as issued, 21 x 27 x 2 cm., 168 pp., highly illustrated, text language: English
0,00 € * Weight 1 kg
'Peru' is of great historical importance in the history of photography. Some images of this series were known, but previously the entire series had been seen by only a few people. The volume presents the complete sequence of images, based on the original.
50,00 € * Weight 0.5 kg
The photo volume 'Pangnirtung' by Robert FRANK is about a village in the Arctic Circle. However, there are no people to be seen in the images. In a harsh yet lyrical tone, he shows the deserted harbor, a haberdashery, a telephone booth and the cemetery.
65,00 € * Weight 0.6 kg
This out-of-print edition of 'The Americans' by Robert FRANK comes from Chrsitian Verlag and was published 30 years after the photographs were taken. The book has been published in various editions and languages (including Chinese, Greman and French).
0,00 € * Weight 0.8 kg
HC with dust jacket, 24 x 25 x 4,5 cm., 196 pp., b/w ills., text language: English
0,00 € *
Slipcased pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 25,5 x 20,5 x 1,5 cm., 64 pp., 39 b/w ills., text language: English
35,00 € * Weight 0.6 kg
Slipcased pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 20,5 x 25 x 1 cm., 52 pp., 43 ills., text language: English
35,00 € * Weight 0.5 kg