Famous Photographer #21: Robert Frank

Robert Frank is best known for his collection of photographs called The Americans. It was faced with a lot of criticism. He became a photographer at the age of 24. He worked for Harper's Bazaar magazine as a fashion photographer. He left fashion after thinking the work was too limiting. He traveled to Peru and America from Switzerland to explore taking pictures with a 35-mm camera. He returned to Europe and published a series of photographs called The Americans. The book contained text by Jack Kerouac, who was an American novelist. His style was characterized by bold composition, and social commentary. This publication established Frank as a creative photographer. In 1959, he turned to cinematography and his first motion picture was Pull My Daisy.