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ArmedwithacameraandafreshcacheoffilmandbankrolledbyaGuggenheimFoundationgrant,RobertFrankcrisscrossedtheUnitedStatesduring1955and1956.Thephotographshebroughtbackformaportraitofthecountryatthetimeandhintatitsfuture.HesawthehopeofthefutureinthefacesofacoupleatcityhallinReno,Nevada,andthedespairofthepresentinagrimyroofscape.Hesawtheroilingracialtension,glamour,andbeauty,and,perhapsbecauseFrankhimselfwasontheroad,hewasparticularlyattunedtoAmericans'loveforcars.Funeral-goersleanagainstashinysedan,loverskissonabeachblanketinfrontoftheirparkedcar,youngboysperchinthebackseatatadrive-inmovie.AsportscarunderadropclothisframedbytwoCaliforniapalmtrees;onthenextpage,ablanketisdrapedoveracaraccidentvictim'sbodyinArizona.