{"product_id":"the-americans-9783865215840","title":"The Americans","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in France in 1958  then in the United States in 1959  Robert Franks The Americans changed the course of 20th-century photography First published in France in 1958  then in the United States in 1959  Robert Franks The Americans changed the course of twentieth-century photography. In 83 photographs  Frank looked beneath the surface of American life to reveal a people plagued by racism  ill-served by their politicians and rendered numb by a rapidly expanding culture of consumption. Yet he also found novel areas of beauty in simple  overlooked corners of American life. And it was not just Franks subject matter--cars  jukeboxes and even the road itselfthat redefined the icons of America; it was also his seemingly intuitive  immediate  off-kilter style  as well as his method of brilliantly linking his photographs together thematically  conceptually  formally and linguistically  that made The Americans so innovative. More of an ode or a poem than a literal document  the book is as powerful and provocative today as it was 56 years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67913852649525,"sku":"ByrdShop_386521584X","price":249.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9783865215840.jpg?v=1793957326","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-americans-9783865215840","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}