Switzerland 9 1961

Robert Frank made this photographic contact sheet called Switzerland 9, and it's a bit like looking into his brain. I love how Frank embraces the raw, process-oriented nature of photography here. You see the film strips themselves, the sprocket holes, the frame numbers. It's not just about the image, but about the whole act of taking pictures. The high contrast and grainy texture add to this feeling of immediacy, like we're right there with him. Check out the strip of inverted reflections – what’s that about? Is he trying to show us a different perspective, or is it about the way memory works? It makes me think of other artists like Gerhard Richter, who use blur and chance in their work. Ultimately, Frank isn't giving us easy answers; he's inviting us to participate in the looking, to find our own connections.