Awakening the Eye: Robert Frank's American Cinema

by George Kouvaros

Until now, celebrated photographer Robert Frank's daring and unconventional work as a filmmaker has not been awarded the critical notice it deserves. In this timely volume, George Kouvaros surveys Frank's films and videos and places them in the larger context of experimentation in American art and literature since World War II.

Born in 1924, Frank emigrated from Switzerland to the United States in 1947 and quickly made his mark as a photojournalist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816695598
• ISBN13: 9780816695591
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 7.9"