Monthly Archives: December 2017

Homework #4 by zhiwei lin

I think RoberI think Robert Frankā€™s photographs are artistic.Ā What his picture has realized is the daily life of people in that era.Ā These pictures are like a history book. Record people’s lives, street scenes, and the whole community. People are always … Continue reading

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Homework #4

I found Robert Frank’s photographs artistic and it was important that these topics he presented were addressed. To me, they were artistic in his style of photographing them as well as the subjects being photographed. His work was real and … Continue reading

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Yashoda: HW#4 Robert Frank’s America

I think Robert Frank’s photographs are artistic as well as repetitive. He tries to illustrate how Americans are in their everyday lives by religion and politics. For example, the way they behave towards African Americans. However, he tends to capture … Continue reading

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Jasmin Luna H.W#4

When I take a look at the photographs that Robert Frank took all I see is art, yes it may have a political conflict reflected. However, Robert Frank was a young Jew having no experience with racism so he didnā€™t … Continue reading

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Ka Yat Homework #4: Robert Frankā€™s America-LAST HW

I think Robert Frankā€™s photographs are artistic. He travels across the United State and photograph the American everyday lives as a non-native Americanā€™s point of view. All photographs look very simple, but do have meaning behind the photographs. I think … Continue reading

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Vladislav Tregubov HW #4: Robert Frankā€™s America

For me, Robert Frank is an ordinary average and bleak photographer. His works remind me many modern people who photographed everything in a row in the hope that something good will turn out. For example, Henry Cartier-Bresson much more interesting … Continue reading

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Nimesh R. HW#4

I found the themes that Robert Frankā€™s photography displayed as very artistic and somewhat political but they werenā€™t really bleak because, in his adventures of exploring the Americas, he ended up showing Americanā€™s the sides that they didnā€™t see. He … Continue reading

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Homework #4

Young Jewish Robert Franks goal was to capture America and its ordinary people as they went through their everyday lives. The result was a book of 83 photographs, noted as one of the greatest achievements of 20th century photography. The … Continue reading

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Homework #4: Robert Frank’s America-LAST HW

For this homework assignment, please watch a short video on a recentĀ exhibition at Stanford University’s Cantor Center for Visual Arts. The exhibition highlighted Robert Frank’s seminal photography bookĀ The AmericansĀ (1958) and the photographs that didn’t make it into the publication. The … Continue reading

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Final Exam: Short List and Terminology

The Final Exam is on Thursday 12/14 at 10 am SHARP, please arrive on time to avoidĀ missing the slide identification section. It is not possible to go back to Part I after the exam begins because there is another class … Continue reading

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