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Robert Frank's The AmericansHow a Swiss émigré's cross-country road trip changed photography.

By Fred KaplanPosted Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009, at 1:18 PM ET

Click here to read a slide-show essay about the photography of Robert Frank.Click here to read a slide-show essay about the photography of Robert Frank.

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Fred Kaplan, Slate's "War Stories" columnist, also writes widely about culture. His next book, 1959: The Year Everything Changed, will be out this spring. He can be reached at .
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