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From 1987: Robert Frank’s “Americans”

On September 9, 2019, celebrated Swiss-born photographer Robert Frank died at the age of 94. In this “Sunday Morning” interview broadcast on October 4, 1987, Frank talked about the inspirations behind his classic collection of photographs, “The Americans,” taken during a two-year trip across the U.S., which was then being exhibited in a cross-country tour as part of a celebration of his life’s work. Charles Kuralt also spoke with curator Anne Tucker, of the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, and Evan Turner, director of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Source

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