'The Americans'

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This paper discusses the structure and importance of the book "The Americans," a book of photographs by Robert Frank. According to the paper, the introduction of this book is written by Jack Kerouac, a name with great appeal in the literary world at the time and a man with an affinity for the sort of American depicted in this book. This introduction added great appeal and contributed substantially to the book's success.

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"Robert Frank is a leading photographer whose book "The Americans" from 1955 changed photography and how it is viewed in many quarters. The photographs in this volume may seem familiar in form, just as the nature of the book as a whole may seem familiar because we are today accustomed to photo essays that present a theme through a series of photographs among which the precise relationship may not be readily apparent. When Frank published his book in 1955, though, this was a new approach, so new and different that the book had trouble finding a publisher. It was aided greatly by the introduction written by Jack Kerouac, a name with great appeal in the literary world at the time and a man with an affinity for the sort of America shown in this book by Frank. An examination of the book and some of the specific photographs shows why this book has had the influence it has had."

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