Robert Frank Photo © Dodo Jin Ming

1924
Born in Zurich, Switzerland

1941–1944
Began a series of apprenticeships and employment positions as a photographer’s assistant in Switzerland

1947
Soon after his emigration to New York in 1947, Alexey Brodovitch hired Frank as a fashion photographer for Harper’s Bazaar

1955
Guggenheim Fellowship; also 1956

1955–1957
Embarked on a two-year trip across America during which he took over 28,000 pictures

1959
Frank began making films

1970–1971
American Film Institute grant

1985
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie Erich Salomon Prize

1987
Friends of Photography Peer Award for a Distinguished Career in Photography

1996
Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography

1999
Honorary Ph.D. from the University of Göteborg

2000
International Center of Photography Cornell Capa Infinity Award

2002
Edward MacDowell Medal

2012
Swiss Press Photo Lifetime Achievement Award Foundation Reinhardt von Graffenried

2009
Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

2008–2009
Robert Frank: Paris, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany; Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea, Milan, Italy; Jeu de Paume, Paris, France; Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2008
Robert Frank: Lo straniero americano, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy

2007
Robert Frank: Words, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile

2005
Robert Frank: Argumentos, Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

2004–2005
Robert Frank: Storylines, Tate Modern, London, UK; Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland; Fotostiftung Schweiz (Schweizerische Stiftung für die Photographie), Winterthur, Switzerland

2003
Robert Frank Photographs, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX

2002
Robert Frank, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, ON

2000–2001
Robert Frank: HOLD STILL – Keep Going, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany; Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain; Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal

1995
Robert Frank: The Americans, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO

1987
Robert Frank: New York to Nova Scotia, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen, Germany

1985
Robert Frank: Fotografias/Films 1948-1984, Sala Parpallo, Valencia, Spain

1980
The New American Filmmakers Series: Robert Frank, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

1961
Robert Frank: Photographer, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

1950
51 American Photographers, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (group exhibition)