He resided in Hamden, Connecticut with his wife Betty (née Glassman), pianist and college administrator, was Dean of Students at Yale University from 1987 to 2007. Trachtenberg taught at Penn State for eight years, then spent a year at the Stanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, before joining the faculty at Yale in 1969. in American Studies at the University of Minnesota, writing his dissertation on the Brooklyn Bridge in American literature. Born in Philadelphia, Trachtenberg attended Temple University, and earned his Ph.D. Professor of English and professor emeritus of American Studies at Yale University.
Short films by Kenneth Anger, Stan Brakhage, Bruce Baillie, Ken Jacobs (1953 to 1964)Įchoes of Silence (Peter Emmanuel Goldman, 1965) The Savage Eye (Bed Maddow, Joseph Strick, Sidney Meyers, 1959) Pull My Daisy (Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie, 1959)
THE JOURNEY BACK ALAN TRACHTENBERG SERIES
This six-part series surveys important yet seldom seen works by many key personalities of the Beat Generation, including Robert Frank, John Cassavetes, Shirley Clarke, Kenneth Anger, Stan Brakhage, Ken Jacobs, and Jonas Mekas. The Rebel Set: Film and the Beat Legacy film series The program includes, among others, The Present (1996), Flamingo (1997), I Remember (1998), Paper Route (2002), and True Story (2004), and Tunnel (2005). The recent works of photographer Robert Frank in moving images are shown on the final two weekends of the exhibition. Footage with Allen Ginsberg, Emile de Antonio, Jonas Mekas, and Rudy Wurlitzer provides valuable insights. (2008, 60 minutes)įire in the East: A Portrait of Robert FrankĪn early documentary by Philip Brookman, Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank presents an intimate view of four decades of Frank's life, films, and photographs. In his 15,000-mile odyssey through present-day America, using the same unplanned, intuitive approach that Frank pioneered, and working with only a small digital camera, Séclier explores the spirit of the Beat Generation and the impact of The Americans on photography and culture. (additional screenings in April, times TBD)įifty years after The Americans, French filmmaker Philippe Séclier retraces Frank's trip around the U.S.
Meet at the West Building Information Desk. Sally Shelburne, lecturer: January 28, February 1 and 11, and March 4 and 25 at 1:00 p.m. Looking In: Robert Frank's "The Americans" (50 minutes) Illustrated lectures by noted scholars, including Stephen Brooke, Martin Gasser, Olivier Lugon, and Alan Trachtenberg. Robert Frank and the Photographic Book, 1930-1960 Sarah Greenough, senior curator and head of the department of photographs, National Gallery of Art Transforming Destiny into Awareness: Robert Frank's "The Americans" Robert Frank, photographer, in conversation with Sarah Greenough, senior curator and head of the department of photographs, National Gallery of Art For more information, call (202) 737-4215, visit the Web site at or inquire at the Information Desks. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Americans-a time capsule of 1950s America on the brink of massive social and political change-this exhibition includes 228 photographs, books, manuscripts, and contact sheets, as well as a short film created by Frank and three large collages to which he contributed.Īll programs are free. Washington, DC-A range of public programs offered by the National Gallery of Art will provide a rich context for visitors to Looking In: Robert Frank's "The Americans", on view January 18 through April 26, 2009.
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