{"product_id":"america-and-other-myths-photographs-by-robert-frank-and-todd-webb-1955-hardcover","title":"America and Other Myths: Photographs by Robert Frank and Todd Webb, 1955 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLisa Volpe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSusan Straight\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Frank's and Todd Webb's parallel 1955 projects to photograph America are considered in the context of mid-twentieth-century American culture\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1955 two photographers were awarded grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation to embark on trips across the United States. Robert Frank (1924-2019) drove coast to coast, photographing the highways, bars, and people that formed the basis for his widely admired publication \u003ci\u003eThe Americans\u003c\/i\u003e (1958). Todd Webb (1905-2000) walked across the country, searching for \"vanishing Americana and what is taking its place.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Unaware of each other's work, the photographers produced strikingly similar images of the highway, parades, and dim, smoky barrooms. Yet while Frank's grainy, off-kilter style revealed many inequities of American life, Webb's carefully composed images embraced clear detail and celebrated the individual oddities of Americans and their locales. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This revelatory book is the first to publish Webb's 1955 photographs and connects these parallel projects for the first time. More than one hundred images accompany text illuminating Frank's and Webb's different perspectives and approaches to similar subjects and places; the difference in reception of Frank's iconic work and Webb's relatively unknown series; and the place of the road trip in shaping American identity at midcentury. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eExhibition Schedule: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e (October 8, 2023-January 7, 2024) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAddison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e (February 10-July 30, 2024) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrandywine Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e (February 8-May 4, 2025)\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Volpe \u003c\/b\u003eis curator of photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. \u003cb\u003eSusan Straight\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer whose books include \u003ci\u003eHighwire Moon\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), a finalist for the National Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eMecca\u003c\/i\u003e (2022).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 10.94 x 10.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47458960146685,"sku":"9780300270891","price":57.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/kN29x8kltT9780300270891.webp?v=1777252788","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/america-and-other-myths-photographs-by-robert-frank-and-todd-webb-1955-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}