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"The volume 'Robert Frank: Books and Films' explores the rich bookmaking history by prominent Swiss-American photographer Robert FRANK. Including spreads from and explanatory texts on the more than thirty books he published with Steidl, along with interviews, essays and documentary photographs, 'Books and Films' is a tribute to his diverse and influential bookmaking practice. Gerhard Steidl began working with him in 1989, when Swiss publisher Walter Keller asked him to print the book 'The Lines of My Hand' by Robert FRANK for his imprint Scalo. After Scalo closed its doors in 2004, Steidl started to publish as well as print the photographic books by Robert FRANK.
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These publications from 2004 until 2020 are shwon and described by text and pictrues in the volume 'Robert Frank. Books and Films Published by Steidl', beginning a long-term working friendship that encompassed every aspect of his creativity―from reprints of his classic and some lesser-known books ('The Americans', 'Zero Mostel Reads a Book'), the publication of previously unseen projects ('Seven Stories'), newly conceived volumes ('Tal Uf Tal Ab', 'Good Days Quiet'), as well as his complete films on DVD ('Film Works')." (publisher's note, © Steidl Verlag, 2020)