From the bus 5 1958

Robert Frank made this black and white photograph, called 'From the bus 5', using a 35mm camera and strips of film. Look at the layers, one after the other. It’s almost like a storyboard, a comic strip, a movie reel. I imagine Frank on the bus, thinking about life, thinking about his photos, his compositions, his exposures. What to include, what to leave out. Thinking, thinking, thinking. Click. Another shot. Each image becomes a kind of memory, but it’s also a fiction. It's like he's making a painting with the world itself. Every image is connected, but it's also a unique and complete world. I love the gritty feel, the sense of movement and spontaneity. He's definitely doing his own thing in his own way, just like all the best artists I know. We are all connected, but different.