Group at lunch counter--Gallup, New Mexico 1955

Robert Frank's 1955 photograph "Group at lunch counter--Gallup, New Mexico" captures a poignant moment in a diner. The black and white image shows a group of individuals huddled together, their backs to the viewer, as they sit at a lunch counter. The focus on the backs of the figures emphasizes their anonymity and underscores the sense of isolation and alienation that pervades the image. The photograph exemplifies Frank's signature "candid" style of documentary photography, which captured the raw realities of American society in the 1950s.