An Evening with Robert Frank October 9, 2009

An Evening with Robert Frank
Robert Frank, photographer and filmmaker.
Jeff L. Rosenheim, Curator, Department of Photographs.
Sarah Greenough, Senior Curator of Photographs, National Gallery of Art, Washington.

Robert Frank, born in Switzerland in 1924, is one of the great living masters of photography. In a rare New York City appearance, he will discuss with curators Jeff L. Rosenheim and Sarah Greenough his career in photography and film and the conception, execution, and response to his ground-breaking book of photographs, The Americans, which is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary.

These events are presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans,” September 22, 2009–January 3, 2010.

The exhibition is made possible by Access Industries and the Blavatnik Family Foundation.

Additional support is provided by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation.

The exhibition was organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington.

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