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Photographer Robert Frank Detained by Police for Being Suspicious in 1955

Photographer Robert Frank Detained by Police for Being Suspicious in 1955 rfrank

Being stopped by police for being suspicious — and having cameras — isn’t an issue unique to our time. In 1955, photographer Robert Frank was driving through Arkansas when he was stopped by a police officer who looked into his car and noticed, among other things, “a number of cameras”. The officer had something to take care of in a nearby city, so he conveniently had Frank held in a city jail until he could return and question him.
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