Motorama—Los Angeles 1956

"Motorama—Los Angeles" is a 1956 photograph by Robert Frank, a key figure in the development of photojournalism. The image captures the bustle and consumerism of postwar America, showing a crowd gathered around a car at a Los Angeles auto show. The composition, characteristic of Frank's style, is candid and intimate, focusing on the backs of individuals, emphasizing the anonymity of the crowd and the collective experience of consumer culture. The image is part of Frank's iconic book "The Americans," which offers a critical and often poetic look at American society in the 1950s.