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Robert Frank
Wales, Ben James, 1951

Artwork Info

Artwork title
Wales, Ben James
Artist name
Robert Frank
Date created
1951
Classification
photograph
Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
13 5/16 in. × 8 1/16 in. (33.81 cm × 20.48 cm)
Date acquired
1984
Credit
Collection SFMOMA
Foto Forum Purchase, Gift of Anne MacDonald Walker
Copyright
© Estate of Robert Frank
Permanent URL
https://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/84.1745
Artwork status
Not on view at this time.

Photographer and filmmaker Robert Frank recalls his experience as a young artist, picking up and moving from a small town and Switzerland to New York City. He describes his early struggles, his determination, and how Beat Generation writers Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac showed him a different way of life.

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Catherine discovers queer San Francisco: https://youtu.be/AzcBQhCF0YU
Robert Frank on photographing The Americans: https://youtu.be/9kMwnmrL5FM

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