North American Scum

You should see this, regardless of which America you come from.

Robert Frank's "The Americans"

Until October 19th @ The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Background: In 1955 Robert Frank traveled across the United States and photographed its society. Upper class, middle class, no class, everything. During his trip, Frank was thrown in jail (in Arkansas), accused of being communist (in Arkansas), and told by a sheriff that he had "an hour to leave town. (not sure where...Arkansas?)" He took his family along with him for part of his series of road trips over the next two years, during which time he took 28,000 shots. 83 of those photographs were published as The Americans in 1958. The book was originally published in Paris, because many U.S. publishers thought Frank's subject matter was too un-American and were unimpressed with his photographic techniques. As a result, the book wasn't published in the states until '59.

So yeah, go.

Oh, and no ill will towards Arkansas. You're alright.