About the Book
"Few books in the history of photography have had as powerful an impact as The Americans", said The New York Times about Robert Frank's photobook first published in 1958. More than 50 years later and made entirely without the help of a Guggenheim fellowship comes Andreas Schmidt's take on a portrait of America. Selected from over 20 million photographs found on Google images, 83 photographs tell a story of contemporary America - pictures of normal people, everyday scenes, lunch counters, bus depots and cars, and the strangely familiar faces of people we don't quite know but have seen somewhere. They are pictures showing the "American way of life" as we haven't yet quite been able to see it ourselves, photographs that condense the entire life of a nation in classic images that speak to us today, and in another 50 years to come.
Features & Details
- Primary Category: Fine Art
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Project Option: Small Square, 7×7 in, 18×18 cm
# of Pages: 170 - Publish Date: Feb 10, 2011
- Language English
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About the Creator
Andreas Schmidt
London, UK
