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Robert Frank: Trolley--New Orleans - (Paperback)
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- An abiding image of American racial segregation from 1950s New OrleansIn the midst of an extended road trip across the United States, Robert Frank turned from bustling Canal Street, New Orleans, where crowds of people swarmed the sidewalks, pointed his camera lens at a passing trolley, and clicked the shutter.
- 48 Pages
- Photography, Individual Photographers
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During an extended road trip across the United States, Robert Frank pointed his camera lens at a passing trolley in New Orleans, took a single exposure, and then turned back to bustling Canal Street, where crowds of people swarmed the sidewalks. That single click of the shutter produced a picture with enduring clarity: a row of windows framing the streetcar's passengers--white passengers in the front, Black passengers in the back. An essay by curator Lucy Gallun explores images in the context of Frank's photobook The Americans and in relation to other photographs of the 1950s and '60s.Book Synopsis
An abiding image of American racial segregation from 1950s New Orleans
In the midst of an extended road trip across the United States, Robert Frank turned from bustling Canal Street, New Orleans, where crowds of people swarmed the sidewalks, pointed his camera lens at a passing trolley, and clicked the shutter. That single exposure produced a picture with enduring clarity: a row of windows framing the street car's passengers--white passengers in the front, black passengers in the back.
Frank captured individual faces gazing from each rectangular frame, from the weary Black man in his work shirt to the young white girl just in front of him, her hand resting on the wooden sign that designated areas segregated by race. In 1958, he wrote: "With these photographs, I have attempted to show a cross-section of the American population. My effort was to express it simply and without confusion." By the time The Americans was published in the United States in 1959, with this image now appearing on its front cover, New Orleans streetcars and buses had been desegregated through a 1958 court order. But Jim Crow was still in full swing, the 1960s Civil Rights struggles still ahead. An essay by MoMA curator Lucy Gallun conveys how this image reverberates in new contexts today.Dimensions (Overall): 8.8 Inches (H) x 7.1 Inches (W) x .2 Inches (D)
Weight: .45 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 48
Genre: Photography
Sub-Genre: Individual Photographers
Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
Theme: Monographs
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Street Date: March 9, 2021
TCIN: 83138027
UPC: 9781633451193
Item Number (DPCI): 247-41-3389
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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