EVENT POSTPONED: Robert Frank Redux: Another look at the Films and Photography of Robert Frank (1924-2019)
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have unfortunately had to postpone tomorrow's discussion 'Robert Frank Redux'. Keep an eye on our website and social media where we hope to announce a new date soon. We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.
With Robert Frank’s passing in 2019, the time is ripe for a re-appraisal of his immensely varied oeuvre. Taking Frank’s adage ‘I’m always looking outside, trying to look inside” as its starting point, this session on the Swiss/American photographer will re-examine the formal and emotional properties of Frank’s work and in the process trace his move from being the quintessential ‘outsider’ documentarian of America in the 1950s to his allegedly more ‘inward’ photography and film work from the 1960s onwards. The session will look both at his early iconic work The Americans (1958), the nature of iconicity within this work, and Frank’s later use of polaroids, films, and video as a way to inscribe meaning into the frame through writing, fragmentation, and other forms of articulation.
Speakers and Papers:
1. Sarah Garland, Senior Lecturer in American Studies, (U. of East Anglia): ‘Thinking through the icon: Robert Frank’s The Americans (1958)’
2. Nicolo Giudice, Course Leader of Photography, (U. of Bedfordshire): ‘“Reading the lines of his hand” – Robert Frank’s Re-edition of The Lines of My Hand (1972, 1989)’
3. Caroline Blinder, Reader in American Literature and Culture, (Goldsmiths): ‘Possessions and Souvenirs: The Grammar of Objects in Robert Frank’s Still Life Polaroids’
4. Mark Durden, Professor of Photography (U. of South Wales): ‘“Trying to Look Inside”: On The Films and Videos of Robert Frank’
Image: Hold Still-Keep Going, 1989. From the Robert Frank Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Channel
