Photographer Robert Frank is best known for his seminal 1958 book The Americans, which was controversial when first published for its casual camerawork and bleak view of America. Frank is now widely recognized as having developed a distinct new art form, the photo book. The Books So Far is an exquisite limited edition of 1500 hand-made boxes containing all 17 of the photo books that Frank has made with Steidl since joining forces in 2004. They include: The Americans,
Portfolio,
Peru,
Me and My Brother,
One Hour,
Away,
Black, White and Things,
Mabou,
New York to Nova Scotia,
Storylines,
Pull My Daisy,
Hold Still - Keep Going,
Come Again,
Paris,
Polaroids,
Zero Mostel Reads a Book and London/Wales. A remarkable object, this collection is an exhaustive celebration of Frank’s oeuvre and a record of the evolution of the photo book.