Pablo and old man--New York City 2 1958

"Pablo and old man--New York City 2" is a contact sheet from a roll of film taken by Robert Frank in 1958. The image shows a series of black and white photographs taken in a candid style, capturing a range of scenes from everyday life in New York City. Contact sheets, like this one, are a common tool used by photographers to review their work and select the best images from a roll of film. This particular sheet is significant for its documentation of a meeting between Pablo Picasso and an unidentified "old man" in a New York City setting. This contact sheet offers a rare glimpse into the process of a celebrated photographer like Robert Frank and his candid approach to capturing the human condition.