Building under construction--Houston, Texas 1955

"Building under construction--Houston, Texas" is a 1955 photograph by Robert Frank, known for its stark black and white aesthetic. The image captures a towering building under construction, its skeletal structure visible against a plain background. The photograph's minimalist composition emphasizes the building's scale and unfinished state, reflecting the rapid urban development of postwar America. It is a quintessential example of Frank's signature style of photojournalism, where he used his camera to document the changing American landscape and the lives of ordinary people. Frank's work often captured the dynamism and contradictions of American society, as seen in this powerful image of urban growth.