In 1950, Robert Frank left his job as a photographer in New
York to travel through Europe with his family. That summer he
arrived in Valencia, Spain, which was at the time a humble, bleak
place enduring the austere conditions of the postwar period like
the rest of the country. The pictures Frank took of Valencia depict
the daily life of a fishing village. His portrayal is so natural
and clear that further verbal explanation seems superfluous; they
simply reflect, in the photo graphers words, the humanity of the
moment. The photographs in this book, many of which have never been
published before, allow dignity to override poverty. Robert Frank,
a key figure in photographic history, was born in Zurich in 1924
and immigrated to the United States in 1947. He is best known for
his seminal book The Americans, first published in 1959, which gave
rise to a distinct new form in the photobook, and his experimental
film Pull My Daisy (1959). Franks other projects include the books
Black White and Things (1954) and The Lines of My Hand (1972), and
the film Cocksucker Blues (1972) documenting the Rolling Stones.
His awards include the Erich Salomon Prize (1985), the Hasselblad
Award (1996), the Cornell Capa Award (1999) and the PHotoEspa?a
Award (2007) amongst others. Frank divides his time between New
York City and Nova Scotia, Canada.