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Richard Koenig

@rich-king.bsky.social

Frank's View: made from the ninth floor of the Hotel Finlen, Butte, Montana.

I'm not the first photographer to make a pilgrimage to the spot from where Frank made his well-known and evocative image back in 1956.

One image by Richard Koenig; taken September 19th 2025.

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Frank's View—taken from the ninth floor of the Hotel Finlen, Butte, Montana.

A color photograph made from a hotel window: it shows buildings in Butte, Montana.

I'm not the first photographer to make a pilgrimage to the spot from where Frank made his well-known and evocative image back in 1956. This capture was made sixty-nine years later.

It's interesting to know that the quiet and unassuming image that Frank made, and chose for his book, The Americans, had such an impact on so many practitioners of the craft.

One image by Richard Koenig; taken September 19th 2025.

October 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM Everybody can reply

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Natscute

@bluesky2020.bsky.social

Alain Delon et Monica Vitti, 1964 - Robert Frank (1924-2019), photographe et réalisateur suisse, naturalisé américain.
#photographie
#cinéma
#AlainDelon
#MonicaVitti
#RobertFrank

October 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM Everybody can reply

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Arthur David Spota

@adaspota.bsky.social

Seminal American photographer and documentary filmmaker Robert Frank

Bleecker Street, New York City, 1993
#RobertFrank #Photography

September 9, 2025 at 3:37 AM Everybody can reply

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Arthur David Spota

@adaspota.bsky.social

Robert Frank ~ William S. Burroughs as ‘Opium Jones’, 1960s

#RobertFrank #WilliamBurroughs #Photography

September 9, 2025 at 3:21 AM Everybody can reply

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Artraction

@artraction.bsky.social

Robert Frank (1924-2019)
"Butte, Montana", 1956
#photography #window #Montana #RobertFrank

September 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM Everybody can reply

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twistopherrobin.bsky.social

@twistopherrobin.bsky.social

#Photography #Monochrome #RobertFrank

September 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM Everybody can reply

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Laurent Peraldi

@tintamarre.bsky.social

Jack Kerouac

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August 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM Everybody can reply

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Laurent Peraldi

@tintamarre.bsky.social

La théorie des demoiselles

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August 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM Everybody can reply

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Philipp van Ekeren

@tjasker.bsky.social

'Trolley' - New Orleans
Een prachtige schakering van inwoners in dit raamwerk | A beautiful diversity of residents within this framework.
Robert Frank in 'American Photography' @rijksmuseum.bsky.social‬ #amsterdam
#photo #photography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephoto #analog #RobertFrank

August 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM Everybody can reply

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Thomas Schulz

@bildersturmblog.bsky.social

My favs from the Internet Archive (01): Robert Frank: The lines of my hand (Lustrum Press, 1972 // New edition by Steidl, 2017).

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#photobooks #bwphotography #photography #artbook #booksky #robertfrank #streetphotography

From The Lines of My Hand © Robert Frank / Lustrum Press 1972

August 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM Everybody can reply

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Kris Hooper

@krishooperphoto.com

From the archives: Tom Waits, Robert Frank, and the last puddle in NYC archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes....

#TomWaits #RobertFrank #Music #Photography

What They Were Thinking - Tom Waits and Robert Frank - NYTimes.com

“I was trying to imagine myself as a real New Yorker.”

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July 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM Everybody can reply

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Natscute

@bluesky2020.bsky.social

U.S. 90, En route pour Del Rio, Texas, 1955 - Robert Frank (1924-2019), photographe américano-suisse. Il a pris, avec cette photographie, sa femme Mary et de leurs enfants Andrea et Pablo, blottis sur le siège avant de leur voiture, à l'abri du froid et de la neige.
#photographie
#RobertFrank

July 13, 2025 at 6:37 AM Everybody can reply

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Natscute

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Mary avec un chat, vers 1950 - Robert Frank (1924-2019), photographe américano-suisse.
#photographie
#RobertFrank

July 3, 2025 at 6:42 AM Everybody can reply

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J Chen / Photography

@jchenphoto.bsky.social

"That moment, the moment of choice, is as important as the instant he took the shot. In Frank’s case, that moment was when photography became what it is today: a glorious mess, beholden to no one, from which almost anything might emerge." #photography #RobertFrank #streetphotography #believeinfilm

San Francisco, 1956

A photograph and its afterlife

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June 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM Everybody can reply

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Laurent Peraldi

@tintamarre.bsky.social

La conjuration des imposteurs

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June 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM Everybody can reply

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Lina Pavlova 🪆

@linapavlova.bsky.social

🎞️ Robert Frank
London, 1951

#robertfrank #photography #blueskyart #monochrome

May 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM Everybody can reply

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Laurent Peraldi

@tintamarre.bsky.social

La plaie

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May 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM Everybody can reply

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Robin

@robinhaettich.bsky.social

#RobertFrank 📸

May 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM Everybody can reply

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Joan Puchades

@joanpuchades.bsky.social

2 años antes de que empezara a recorrer Estados Unidos capturando el paisaje humano que conformaría #TheAmericans #RobertFrank había pasado una temporada en #Valencia inmortalizando los rostros de una ciudad devastada. Distintos lugares, la misma esencia #fotografía #photpgraph