First published in 1958, Robert Frank’s “The Americans” is arguably the most influential photobook of the 20th century. This 2024 edition, released by Aperture to mark the centennial of Frank’s birth, features 83 photographs taken during a cross-country road trip that captured the grit and poetry of American life. With an introduction by Jack Kerouac, the book confronted 1950s optimism with a raw look at racism, poverty, and isolation, forever changing the course of documentary photography.
