Paris 59B 1951 - 1952

Robert Frank made this work, "Paris 59B", presumably in Paris, at some unknown point. It's a photographic contact sheet marked with blue pen. I love to think about the artist editing. Imagining them handling the material. What did Frank think as he looked over these frames? The marks in blue ink over the images are so important. It's like, he wants to make sure that we know that he was there. The filmstrip is not dissimilar to the way that a painter constructs a canvas, by layering and reworking. They’re choosing, cropping, and framing. They are not passively capturing reality, but actively shaping it through their artistic vision. Sometimes artists can be in dialogue with one another, even across different mediums. Robert Frank inspires me. What inspires you?