San Yu, Paris--Switzerland 7 1961

"San Yu, Paris--Switzerland 7" (1961) is a contact sheet by Robert Frank, known for his candid and gritty photography. The sheet reveals a series of uncropped images taken during his travels in Europe. The composition is typical of Frank's work, featuring an unposed, documentary style that captured the everyday life of ordinary people. The use of a contact sheet also emphasizes the immediacy of the moment, and the viewer can witness Frank's decision-making process as a photographer. Frank's photographs often challenged the conventional beauty standards of the time and offered a new way of looking at the world.