"The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera." - Dorothea Lange

Thursday, November 19, 2009

looking in

Speaking of editing... read this interesting review of the Robert Frank exhibition currently at the Met. "Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans" celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The Americans, Robert Frank’s influential suite of black-and-white photographs made on a cross-country road trip in 1955–56.

Robert Frank shot 767 rolls of film for the 83 images in the book. That's 83 divided by 27612 or .003 percent. He spent one year editing his work. A good photographer learns to become a good editor.









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