It is well known that Swiss-born Frank became quickly disillusioned with the United States while creating his project ‘The Americans’, which was first published in 1959. The pace, the relentless cadence of the American dream left little air to breathe for those chasing it, and yet all seems too little – it’s this melancholy that animates Frank’s series.

Robert Frank (1924–2019) was a Swiss-born photographer and filmmaker whose work transformed modern documentary photography. Best known for his groundbreaking 1958 book The Americans, Frank captured the everyday lives, tensions, and contradictions of postwar America with raw honesty and poetic sensitivity. His unpolished, spontaneous style broke from traditional photographic conventions, influencing generations of artists and shaping the visual language of contemporary photography and film.