London/Wales

This is new edition of the long out-of-print London/Wales, which brings together two distinct bodies of work to reveal a different understanding of Robert Frank's contribution to the history of photography. Juxtaposing the world of money and the world of work in post-war England, Frank photographed London bankers, workers and children, and Welsh coal miners and their families. These images poetically evoke relationships between the classes during a time of change in Britain. Setting a significant documentary precedent for Frank's best known work, The Americans, London/Wales demonstrates the artist's early interest in social commentary, the narrative potential of photographic sequencing and his innovative use of the expressionistic qualities of the medium. Featuring over 70 black-and-white photographs, London/Wales tells a timeless story of cities, people and institutions in transition through emotional, evocative images while revealing Frank's struggle to forge a new form of poetic narrative photography.