Photograph by Robert Frank
I am terribly envious of anyone who managed to get tickets to An Evening With Robert Frank at the Walter Reade Theater on May 15, featuring a slideshow from Gerhard Steidl on the making of the new edition of The Americans, a showing of Pull My Daisy, a preview of a new documentary about Frank, and then a discussion with the man himself. I’m thinking about heading to Lincoln Center and waiting in the standby line that night, even though it’s guaranteed to be even more depressing when I don’t get in.
I was just watching the fourth installment of the BBC series The Genius of Photography, which talks extensively about the making of The Americans. I’ve never owned a copy of the book, but I’m looking forward to getting the new edition.