Robert Frank: Hold Still- Keep Going

by Christoph Ribbat, Wolfgang Beilenhoff, Robert Frank (Photographer)

Robert Frank not only ranks among the most important of living photographers but is also widely recognized as a seminal figure in the development of experimental cinema. And yet, the continuity and consistency of his work in both photography and film has been barely explored. "Hold still-keep going" fills this obvious void by illustrating and analyzing the underlying aesthetics that have guided Frank's work in both media. From the very outset of his career, Frank distrusted the single photographic image and its claim to freeze moments of time and again he gravitated to the moving image and serial photography, be it in book form or as a panel of photographs. Reproducing more than 100 collages, film stills and serial works, this volume will certainly become a new standard publication on Robert Frank, innovative photographer and experimental filmmaker. The book also contains an illustrated bibliography and biography featuring dozens of previously unpublished images of Robert Frank, his family and his friends. Published in conjunction with a major traveling exhibition, this is an essential addition to all photography and film collections.

Genres: Photography, Nonfiction, Art

176 pages, Hardcover

First published June 15, 2001

Reviews

[Matt · Rating 2 out of 5]

Really disliked the formatting in this print. Modest sized book, small text, and shrunken pictures/collages with negative space to spare on the page. Interview was ok but preoccupied with fame and career, self-awareness. I didn’t get through the rest of the appendices. Overall a weird little retrospective of a photographer who rejected photography with interesting images sprinkled about.

While reading I put on a soundtrack of Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus, which deserved a better book pairing.

[اليازية خليفة · Rating 4 out of 5]

I respect him being an old man first, & a photographer full of experiences.. He witnessed life his way.. I loved the books because it contains lots of his photography projects & plates.. Followed by an interview to get to know the photographer and a short biography.. Selected bibliography was there too..

As a photographer, I see his strength point in creating bonds between the visual objects and text around as well as creating an image of multiple frames.. I liked his concept.. Yet I see it as a harsh one..

[ava · Rating 5 out of 5]

a very very very special book.

[A · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everything is important
Everything is connected

"The eye should learn to listen before it looks." - Robert Frank

Robert Frank is not only a photographer.