Lisa Volpe on the 1955 Photographs of Robert Frank and Todd Webb

Curator Lisa Volpe explores the transformative journey of photographers Robert Frank and Todd Webb through America in 1955. A comparison of their shoe choices debunks myths surrounding them. The Guggenheim applications reveal the complexity of American myth-making and the photographers themselves. The unrecognized contribution of Todd Webb in the history of photography is discussed. Webb and Frank express their discontent about consumerism and commercialism in America.