Robert Frank’s masterpiece, The Americans, had an enormous impact on photography in the mid 20th century. There are many articles on the work:

The New Yorker wrote about the work on when Frank died in September, 2019.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/how-robert-franks-photographs-helped-define-america

This essay on Frank and Walker Evans by Tod Papageorge is excellent:

https://americansuburbx.com/2010/07/theory-walker-evans-and-robert-frank.html

However, the real power of the book is as a sequence of 83 photographs. Some individual photos have great power, like the two below, but the true impact is in the poetic arc of the Frank’s vision.

The original Grove edition is published without page numbers, which makes it difficult to match individual photos to various commentaries. I found an index of Frank’s output at the National Gallery of Art – https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/press/exh/0263/0263-list.pdf and extracted this index, for anyone who might find it useful.

The Americans, Robert Frank, Steidl Edition 2019
(Copy of Grave edition, 1959)
01 Parade—Hoboken, New Jersey, 1955
02 City fathers—Hoboken, New Jersey, 1955
03 Political rally—Chicago, 1956
04 Funeral—St. Helena, South Carolina, 1955
05 Rodeo—Detroit, 1955
06 Savannah, Georgia, 1955
07 Navy Recruiting Station, Post Office—Butte, Montana, 1956
08 En route from New York to Washington, Club Car, 1955
09 Movie Premiere—Hollywood, 1956
10 Candy store—New York City, 1955
11 Motorama—Los Angeles, 1956
12 New York City, 1955
13 Charleston, South Carolina, 1955
14 Ranch Market—Hollywood, 1956
15 Butte, Montana, 1956
16 Yom Kippur—East River, New York City, 1954
17 Fourth of July—Jay, New York, 1954
18 Trolley—New Orleans, 1955
19 Canal Street—New Orleans, 1955
20 Rooming house—Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, 1956
21 Yale Commencement—New Haven Green, New Haven, Connecticut, 1956
22 Cafe—Beaufort, South Carolina, 1955
23 Georgetown, South Carolina, 1955
24 Bar—Las Vegas, Nevada, 1955
25 Hotel lobby—Miami Beach, 1955
26 View from hotel window—Butte, Montana, 1956
27 Metropolitan Life Insurance Building—New York City, 1955
28 Jehovah’s Witness—Los Angeles, 1955-1956
29 Bar—Gallup, New Mexico, 1955
30 U.S. 30 between Ogallala and North Platte, Nebraska, 1956
31 Casino—Elko, Nevada, 1956
32 U.S. 91, leaving Blackfoot, Idaho, 1956
33 St. Petersburg, Florida, 1955
34 Covered car—Long Beach, California, 1956
35 Car accident—U.S. 66, between Winslow and Flagstaff, Arizona, 1955
36 U.S. 285, New Mexico, 1955
37 Bar—Detroit, 1955
38 Barber shop through screen door—McClellanville, South Carolina, 1955
39 Backyard—Venice West, California, 1955-1956
40 Newburgh, New York, 1955
41 Luncheonette—Butte, Montana, 1956
42 Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1955
43 Bar—New York City, 1955
44 Elevator—Miami Beach, 1955
45 Restaurant—U.S. 1 leaving Columbia, South Carolina, 1955
46 Drive-in movie—Detroit, 1955
47 Mississippi River, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1955
48 St. Francis, gas station, and City Hall—Los Angeles, 1956
49 Crosses on scene of highway accident—U.S. 91, Idaho, 1956
50 Assembly line—Detroit, 1955
51 Convention hall—Chicago, 1956
52 Men’s room, railway station—Memphis, Tennessee, 1955
53 Cocktail party—New York City, 1955
54 Salt Lake City, Utah, 1956
55 Beaufort, South Carolina, 1955
56 Funeral—St. Helena, South Carolina, 1955
57 Chinese cemetery—San Francisco, 1956
58 Political rally—Chicago, 1956
59 Store window—Washington D.C., 1957
60 Television studio—Burbank, California, 1956
61 Los Angeles, 1955-1956
62 Bank—Houston, Texas, 1955
63 Factory—Detroit, 1955
64 Department store—Lincoln, Nebraska, 1956
65 Rodeo—New York City, 1954
66 Movie premiere—Hollywood, 1955
67 Charity ball—New York City, 1954
68 Cafeteria—San Francisco, 1956
69 Drug store—Detroit, 1955
70 Coffee shop, railway station—Indianapolis, 1956
71 Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1955
72 San Francisco, 1956
73 Belle Isle—Detroit, 1955
74 Public park—Cleveland, Ohio, 1955
75 Courthouse square—Elizabethville, North Carolina, 1955
76 Picnic ground—Glendale, California, 1955
77 Belle Isle, Detroit, 1955
78 Detroit, 1955
79 Chicago, 1956
80 Public park—Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1955
81 City Hall—Reno, Nevada, 1956
82 Indianapolis, 1956
83 U.S. 90, en route to Del Rio, Texas