Posts Tagged “Robert Frank”
Missed Connection: American Girl
05.04.2012 | ByFiled under: Back Page
Five Questions: Timothy Buckwalter
11.20.2009 | ByFiled under: Conversations
[Five questions to SFMOMA visitors, artists, staff, or guests. Here's Timothy Buckwalter in the Koret Visitor Education Center.]
Name/Place of residence/Occupation/Hobby?
My name is Timothy Buckwalter. I live in Albany, California. I’m an artist and I’ve recently started curating and I also write about art. I have a blog about art. If I... More
Elevators, Americans, Missed Connections
08.21.2009 | ByFiled under: 151 3rd
[Ian Padgham, our marketing and communications assistant, with a fantastic story about the elevator girl in Robert Frank's famous photo...and do come down if you've yet to see Looking In: Robert Frank's "The Americans"— it closes Sunday.]
“Robert Frank, Swiss, unobtrusive, nice, with that little camera that he raises and snaps with one hand he s... More
Damaso Reyes on Robert Frank, Photojournalism and Art
08.06.2009 | ByFiled under: Conversations
Taking inspiration from Robert Frank, Damaso Reyes has spent the last few years documenting social changes in the European Union for his project, The Europeans. Reyes is an artist and photojournalist who studied photography at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, honing his craft as a reporter for the New York Amsterdam News and other major news publications. The son of immigrants from the Dominican Republic, Reyes grew up in a predominantly African-American neighborhood in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
As a Spanish-speaking, first generation American and a black man, Reyes, like Frank, grew up feeling he was both part of and outside of his community. That ability to be both insider and outsider is what allows him to move freely with his camera through worlds most people never see. As immigrants, Reyes’ parents were able to find a sense of civic belonging in the United States which, he has observed, continues to elude immigrants to the European Union. For this re... More
“I am always on the outside, trying to look inside…”
07.21.2009 | ByFiled under: 151 3rd
“I am always on the outside, trying to look inside, trying to say something that is true. But maybe nothing is really true. Except what’s out there. And what’s out there is constantly changing.” –Robert Frank
Two photography shows currently on view at SFMOMA provide an intriguing point of departure from which to consider the r... More
Robert Frank: Three Films. Tonight.
05.07.2009 | ByFiled under: 151 3rd
The first program of the extensive Robert Frank retrospective has arrived—prepare yourself for a turbulent voyage. The Americans evinced an underlying interest in narrative, and before it had been released in book form, Frank had made the leap into filmmaking, in the process helping to launch the spectacular era of “Underground Movies”... More
