{"product_id":"robert-frank-books-and-films-1947-2019-9783958293069","title":"Robert Frank: Books and Films, 1947-2019","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe bookmaker photographer: 30 years of Robert Frank's collaborations with Steidl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring Robert Frank's rich bookmaking history with Steidl, and featuring spreads and explanatory texts from the more than 30 books that Frank published with Steidl, along with interviews, essays and documentary photos, \u003ci\u003eBooks and Films, 1947-2019\u003c\/i\u003e is a tribute to Frank's diverse and influential bookmaking practice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGerhard Steidl began working with Robert Frank in 1989, when Swiss publisher Walter Keller asked him to print Frank's \u003ci\u003eThe Lines of My Hand\u003c\/i\u003e for his imprint Scalo: \"You'll both get along well on press,\" Keller had said. And so Robert Frank traveled to Steidl at D stere Strasse 4 in G ttingen for the first of many visits, to be on press and sign off each printed sheet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter Scalo closed its doors in 2004, Steidl started to publish as well as print Frank's books, beginning a long-term working friendship that encompassed every aspect of Frank's creativity--from reprints of his classic and some lesser-known books (\u003ci\u003eThe Americans\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eZero Mostel Reads a Book\u003c\/i\u003e) and the publication of previously unseen projects (\u003ci\u003eSeven Stories\u003c\/i\u003e) to newly conceived volumes (\u003ci\u003eTal Uf Tal Ab\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGood Days Quiet\u003c\/i\u003e), as well as his complete films on DVD (\u003ci\u003eFilm Works\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Gerhard Steidl's words: \"Our aim has been to ensure the legacy of this original and seminal artist and that his work will be available and accessible for years to come--all in a form and to a standard that Robert personally oversaw.\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Steidl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50922536763666,"sku":"9783958293069","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_84d6fffe-8f58-4670-be3c-ce4b626c459a.jpg?v=1738931645","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/robert-frank-books-and-films-1947-2019-9783958293069","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}