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Looking In: Robert Frank's "The Americans"

  • 01_Frank_Parade.jpg

    Robert Frank, Parade—Hoboken, New Jersey, 1955; gelatin silver print; 8 3/8 x 12 3/4 in.; Private collection, San Francisco; © Robert Frank

  • 02_Frank_City_Fathers.jpg

    Robert Frank, City FathersHoboken, New Jersey, 1955; gelatin silver print; 16 1/2 x 22 3/4 in.; Collection Susan and Peter MacGill; © Robert Frank

  • 03_Frank_Funeral.jpg

    Robert Frank, Funeral—St. Helena, South Carolina, 1955; gelatin silver print; 15 5/8 x 22 7/8 in.; © Robert Frank

  • 04_Frank_Charleston_SC.jpg

    Robert Frank, Charleston, South Carolina, 1955; gelatin silver print; 16 1/4 x 23 1/4 in.; Collection of Susan and Peter MacGill; © Robert Frank

  • 05_Frank_Trolley_New_Orleans.jpg

    Robert Frank, Trolley—New Orleans, 1955; gelatin silver print; 8 5/8 x 13 1/16 in.; Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Purchase, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gift, 2005; © Robert Frank

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    Robert Frank, Elevator—Miami Beach, 1955; gelatin silver print; 12 3/8 x 18 13/16 in.; Collection Philadelphia Museum of Art, purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969; © Robert Frank

  • 07_Frank_Political_Rally.jpg

    Robert Frank, Political Rally—Chicago, 1956; gelatin silver print; 23 1/4 x 14 3/8 in.; Collection Betsy Karel; © Robert Frank

  • 08_Frank_Movie_Premiere.jpg

    Robert Frank, Movie premiere, Hollywood, 1955; gelatin silver print; 10 1/16 x 6 3/4; Collection The Museum of Modern Art, New York, purchase, 2002; © Robert Frank

  • 09_Frank_San_Francisco.jpg

    Robert Frank, San Francisco, 1956; gelatin silver print; 13 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.; Private collection, San Francisco; © Robert Frank

  • 10_Frank_US_90_en_route.jpg

    Robert Frank, U.S. 90, en route to Del Rio, Texas, 1955; gelatin silver print; image and board 18 3/4 x 12 1/4 in.; Private collection, courtesy Hamiltons Gallery, London; © Robert Frank

  • 11_Frank_Guggenheim_340.jpg

    Robert Frank, Guggenheim 340/Americans 18 and 19—New Orleans, November 1955, 1955; contact sheet; 10 x 8 1/16 in.; National Gallery of Art, Washington, Robert Frank Collection, gift of Robert Frank; © Robert Frank

  • 12_Frank_Mississippi_River.jpg

    Robert Frank, Mississippi River, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1955; gelatin silver print; 10 3/4 x 16 5/8 in.; Collection of Barbara and Eugene Schwartz; © Robert Frank

  • 13_Frank_Chattanooga.jpg

    Robert Frank, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1955; gelatin silver print; 8 3/16 x 11 5/8 in.; Private collection; © Robert Frank

  • 14_Frank_40_photos_p_19.jpg

    Robert Frank, 40 Fotos [page 19], 1946; gelatin silver print; 9 x 6 3/4 in.; Courtesy the artist; © Robert Frank

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    Robert Frank, 40 Fotos [page 20], 1946; gelatin silver print; 9 x 6 3/4 in.; Courtesy the artist; © Robert Frank

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