2/29/12

Tampering with the Sacred

Erasing ‘The Americans’

Mishka Henner, an artist who lives in Manchester, England, recently self-published “Less Américains.” The book consists of photographs from Robert Frank’s book “The Americans” that Henner has transformed by erasing parts of the original images. We spoke last week about what is likely to be a controversial project.

 See the full text of the article and more images at:

http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/erasing-americans/?scp=2&sq=robert%20frank&st=cse

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