Biography

Robert Frank was born on November 9, 1924 in Zurich, Switzerland. He was a director and writer, known for Me and My Brother (1968), Candy Mountain (1987) and The Present (1996). He was married to June Leaf and Mary Frank. He died on September 9, 2019 in Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada.

He was an influential documentary photographer. He was best known for his groundbreaking book, "The Americans," a collection of black and white photographs from his cross-country road trips in the mid-1950s. He traveled more than 10,000 miles and took more than 27,000 pictures, from which he chose 83 for "The Americans." It was criticized by many for not reflecting an attractive Hollywood/Madison Avenue-style image of the US.