This photo was taken by Robert Frank.
Robert Frank is a photographer and filmmaker: independent, unconventional and personal in both media, Frank is best known for his work in photography-arguably his book The Americans is the most influential book of photographs of the past fifty years with nine separate editions not counting foreign. However, Frank has played the outsider throughout his career. Born in Switzerland in 1924, Frank grew up the son of a wealthy Jewish family with a Swiss mother and a German father; he turned to photography for expression as well as a way to escape the pressures of his business-oriented family. Living in Europe during the Second World War-while although safe in Switzerland-impacted Frank and affected his understanding of oppression which is later seen in his work.
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