Photographer Robert Frank To Speak About The Americans At National Gallery March 26

Robert Frank's The Americans, is by general consensus the most important photography book of the modern era, the genre-defining example of the category. Much written about, much discussed, much coveted by collectors, surprisingly little has been heard from its creator on its origins, and how Frank sees it today, on the 50th anniversary of its publication. Robert Frank is well known for his disinclination to make public appearances, so his uncharacteristic talk/lecture on March 26 at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC is the subject of much anticipation and speculation.

Robert Frank's last public appearance several years ago was thought by many to be something of a performance piece; he gave monosyllabic responses to many questions, and did not respond at all to others, while his interlocutor obliviously plodded on. It was later rumored that the dull and entirely unenlightening experience had been conceived, planned, and executed by the pair. This time Frank is to share the stage with Sarah Greenough, a senior curator at the Gallery; the expectation is that whatever questions are asked of Robert Frank will actually be answered. Perhaps.

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