( Robert Frank | San Francisco (1956) | Artsy ) Robert Frank Robert Frank was born in 1924, in Switzerland. He studied photography in 1941. He worked on commercial photography and studio design. Frank later worked on his photography book called The Americans which changed photography in a way. He caught the actual perspective of what America is like instead of everyone assuming the US was living the “American dream”. He wanted people to understand how he felt and how the people may have felt when he took those photos that was in the book. This photo was chosen because he actually liked talking about this photo out of all his photos because of their reaction. When he took this photo he said that he tried to make it seem like he was taking a photo of the horizon but actually of them. The reaction from the man was frightening to him because he looked back at him mad and was questioning him (by the look on his facial expression). Frank just moved his camera a...
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