Car accident—U.S. 66 between Winslow and Flagstaff, Arizona 1955

Robert Frank made this photograph, titled "Car accident—U.S. 66 between Winslow and Flagstaff, Arizona," using a camera, probably in the late 1950s. It's a grainy, gray scene, seemingly caught on the fly. The blurred figures stand in a field, their expressions unreadable, like ghosts at the edge of a road. Frank's genius lies in capturing life’s raw, unvarnished moments. Look at the way the light flickers across the scene, almost obscuring the details, as if memory itself is a bit hazy. The composition is almost nonchalant, reflecting the everyday tragedies of life. Frank's work reminds me of Walker Evans, another artist with a knack for finding beauty in the mundane. Like them, Frank embraces ambiguity, reminding us that art isn’t about answers; it's about asking questions and noticing the messy, imperfect world around us.