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London/Wales | 
 enlarge | Creator: Robert Frank
Publisher: Steidl The Masters
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 572077
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 8 x 0.8
ISBN: 3865213626
Dewey Decimal Number: 770
EAN: 9783865213624
ASIN: 3865213626
Publication Date: August 1, 2007
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"War is over; the heroic French population reaffirms superiority. Love, Paris, and Flowers but London was black, white, and gray, the elegance, the style, all present in front of always changing fog. Then I met a man from Wales talking about the Miners and I had read How Green Was My Valley. This became my only try to make a 'Story'." --Robert Frank This magnificent new edition of London/Wales, which features never-before-seen photographs, juxtaposes Frank's images of the elegant world of London money with the grimy working-class world of postwar Wales--bankers opposite coal miners. It brings together two distinct bodies of work, and reveals a significant documentary precedent for The Americans. In also offers an important view of Frank's development, demonstrating an early interest in social commentary, in the narrative potential of photographic sequencing, and innovative use of the expressionistic qualities of the medium.
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Robert Frank: London/Wales September 12, 2005
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
It's a nice book. Not quite like seeing them in person, but hey, what can you do.
A superbly presented and enthralling compilation August 10, 2003
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
The collaborative effort of Scalo in collaboration with the Corcoran Gallery (Washington, D.C.), London/Wales is a photography collection 72 early 1950's tritone images taken by the famous and "museum-worthy" photographer Robert Frank. An informed and informative text is minimally present in this collection, which is primarily dedicated to showcasing the powerful still images of urban life and the people who lived in 1950s London, England and Careau, Wales. A superbly presented and enthralling compilation, London/Wales memorably illustrates the very essence of London and Wales and is a strongly recommended addition to professional, academic, and community library History of Photography collections.
Setting the Stage for "The Americans" July 29, 2003
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Robert Frank's previously unpublished photographs of London and Wales from the early 1950s are a revelation. With insightful text from curator Philip Brookman, this book is a must-buy for casual fans and scholars alike. Having recently seen the exhibition of this work at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, I must say viewing the photographs first hand was a wonderful experience. Yes, the prints are often too gray and dark, the negatives poorly exposed, and some images slightly out of focus, but through this work we can see an evolving photographic style that reached perfection a few years later in the seminal book, "The Americans." And witnessing that transformation is what made the exhibit, and this book, so memorable and priceless.
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