Guggenheim 36--Sandusky, Ohio 1955

Robert Frank made this photographic contact sheet called Guggenheim 36--Sandusky, Ohio, sometime in the mid-20th century. It's all about process, a behind-the-scenes look at how photographs are chosen, ordered, and made to tell a story. Each frame is like a little window, offering glimpses into a place and time, and then Frank, through the edit, through his selection, brings them all together. Look at the third row from the top, you can see how the eye travels, from the density of people to the glow of lights, and then to the edge of the frame. It’s like a visual rhythm that he’s creating. How an image sits on the page, how it breathes – these things have a cumulative effect. It reminds me of artists like Gerhard Richter, who also embraced the accidental, the blurred, and the imperfect. It’s this ongoing conversation about what photography can be, what seeing can be. It’s not just about capturing a moment, but about how we experience it, how we remember it.