Trees in snow--Landscape 1941 - 1945

Robert Frank’s “Trees in snow--Landscape” is a stark black and white photograph depicting a barren, snow-covered landscape. The image, created sometime between 1941 and 1945, shows a group of bare trees in a snow-filled field, with one branch jutting out in the foreground. The simplicity of the composition, highlighting the stark contrast between the dark trees and the white snow, exemplifies Frank’s early photographic style, often characterized by minimalist compositions and an emphasis on the power of negative space. This photograph is representative of the "straight photography" movement, popularized by Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston in the early 20th century.