While Robert Frank is globally revered for his “eye,” this volume by Clark Winter focuses on Frank’s “hands.” Since 1973, Frank’s Bleecker Street studio and his weather-beaten cottage in Mabou, Nova Scotia, were the crucibles of his creativity. Winter documents Frank as a sculptor of images—handling found objects, old photographs, and film boxes. The book is divided into three series: “Land” (the Cape Breton landscape), “Tables” (objects mingling on tabletops), and “Boxes” (the archives at Bleecker Street). It reveals the tactile, material world of one of photography’s greatest masters, offering a rare look at the physical process of his genius.
