{"product_id":"robert-frank-books-and-films-19472019-9783958293069","title":"Robert Frank: Books and Films, 1947–2019","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Frank: Books and Films, 1947–2019\u003c\/i\u003e explores Robert Frank's rich bookmaking history with Steidl. Including spreads from and explanatory texts on the more than 30 books Frank published with Steidl, along with interviews, essays, and documentary photos, \u003ci\u003eBooks and Films\u003c\/i\u003e is a tribute to Frank's diverse and influential bookmaking practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGerhard Steidl began working with Robert Frank in 1989, when Swiss publisher Walter Keller asked him to print Frank's \u003cem\u003eThe Lines of My Hand\u003c\/em\u003e for his imprint Scalo: \"You'll both get along well on press,\" Keller had said. And so Robert Frank travelled to Steidl at Düstere Strasse 4 in Göttingen for the first of many times, to be on press and sign off each printed sheet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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 (\u003cem\u003eThe Americans, Zero Mostel Reads a Book\u003c\/em\u003e), the publication of previously unseen projects (\u003cem\u003eSeven Stories\u003c\/em\u003e), newly conceived volumes (\u003cem\u003eTal Uf Tal Ab, Good Days Quiet\u003c\/em\u003e), as well as his complete films on DVD (\u003cem\u003eFilm Works\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe book has always been more important to me than selling my photographs. The book is what ensures your work will live longer, longer than any other means...\u003c\/i\u003e Robert Frank\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47598031732972,"sku":"9783958293069","price":70.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783958293069-robert-frank-books-and-films-1947-2019.jpg?v=1777960667","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/robert-frank-books-and-films-19472019-9783958293069","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}