Robert Frank, Books and Films, 1947-2016 is on display at the Gulf + Western Gallery and 8th floor at 721 Broadway until February 11, 2016. See our event page for more info and a video of Robert Frank in coversation with Gerhard Steidl.
When the current Robert Frank exhibit at New York University closes next week, it’s really closing: The images will be handed over to photo students who will, in a private ceremony, draw on them or sculpt them into some creation of their choosing. Then they will destroy them.
And Mr. Frank is O.K. with that.
So opens James Estrin's New York Times Lens Blog feature on the exhibition, Robert Frank, Books and Films, 1947-2016, currently on view at the Department of Photography and Imaging.
Credit: Karl Peterson
The article, "Robert Frank, Valuing the Image Over the Object," includes a slideshow of some of Mr. Frank's most iconic work while emphasizing the value the show palces on "the artistic value of Mr. Frank’s images, not their worth as physical objects."
Current DPI student Oscar Lewin's final question was even mentioned:
Afterward, one person asked a question that is most asked at such affairs: Did Mr. Frank have any advice for photography students?
He did, and it was short and graceful: “Keep your eyes open.”