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In the current issue of Art In America, Leo Rubenfein has written a very good piece on Robert Frank's, The Americans - this in association with the Frank show that started from the National Gallery of Art In Washington. The show is just opening at San Francisco's MOMA. Rubenfein makes connections between Frank and the techniques of poets (particularly around the employment of images) who were active in Switzerland in the early 40's before Frank came to the States. And how these practices informed his picture taking, including the sequencing of the work in the book. Some of which may explain the impulsive enthrall by poets with the book when it first appeared. In any case a real refreshing read. Stephen V http://stephenvincent.net/blog/