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Robert Frank
Photo © Dodo Jin Ming |
1924
Born in Zurich, Switzerland
1941–1944
Began a series of apprenticeships and employment positions as a photographer’s assistant in Switzerland
1947
Soon after his emigration to New York in 1947, Alexey Brodovitch hired Frank as a fashion photographer for Harper’s Bazaar
1955
Guggenheim Fellowship; also 1956
1955–1957
Embarked on a two-year trip across America during which he took over 28,000 pictures
1959
Frank began making films
Robert Frank lives and works in New York City and Nova Scotia
1970–1971
American Film Institute grant
1985
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie Erich Salomon Prize
1987
Friends of Photography Peer Award for a Distinguished Career in Photography
1996
Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography
1999
Honorary Ph.D. from the University of Göteborg
2000
International Center of Photography Cornell Capa Infinity Award
2002
Edward MacDowell Medal
2012
Swiss Press Photo Lifetime Achievement Award Foundation Reinhardt von Graffenried
2009
Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
2008–2009
Robert Frank: Paris, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany; Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea, Milan, Italy; Jeu de Paume, Paris, France; Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2008
Robert Frank: Lo straniero americano, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy
2007
Robert Frank: Words, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile
2005
Robert Frank: Argumentos, Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
2004–2005
Robert Frank: Storylines, Tate Modern, London, UK; Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland; Fotostiftung Schweiz (Schweizerische Stiftung für die Photographie), Winterthur, Switzerland
2003
Robert Frank Photographs, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
2002
Robert Frank, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, ON
2000–2001
Robert Frank: HOLD STILL – Keep Going, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany; Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain; Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal
1995
Robert Frank: The Americans, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
1987
Robert Frank: New York to Nova Scotia, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen, Germany
1985
Robert Frank: Fotografias/Films 1948-1984, Sala Parpallo, Valencia, Spain
1980
The New American Filmmakers Series: Robert Frank, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1961
Robert Frank: Photographer, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1950
51 American Photographers, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (group exhibition) |