Robert Frank and his wife, June Leaf (right), at the opening of the Pingyao International Photography Festival, in Pingyao, China. Photograph by Edward Keating.

Robert Frank's Unsentimental Journey

Published in 1958, Robert Frank’s photographic manifesto, The Americans, torched the national myth, bringing him such comrades as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and—for a controversial documentary—the Rolling Stones. On a trip to China, the 83-year-old rebel of postwar film still defies expectations.

Read the story in full from April's issue of Vanity Fair by clicking here.

Also there is an audio interview with the same interviewer here.

There is also a video clip to accompany the Vanity Fair interview.