Robert Frank (1924- 19??)

Robert Frank is a Swiss photographer and filmmaker. He originally did a lot of fashion photography He then abandoned fashion photography about 1948 and went to the United States and then to Peru to explore the expressive possibilities of the 35-mm camera. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1947 and pursued photography. He is best known for his photography collection The Americans which is most noted for ironic renderings of American life. It was influential, and earned Frank comparisons to a modern-day Tocqueville for his fresh and skeptical outsider's view of American society.