23rd Street weddings--New York City no number by Robert Frank

23rd Street weddings--New York City no number c. 1953 - 1954

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Dimensions: sheet: 25.3 x 20.3 cm (9 15/16 x 8 in.)

Copyright: National Gallery of Art: CC0 1.0

Robert Frank’s photographic contact sheet, 23rd Street weddings--New York City no number, shows a sequence of black and white images, probably captured on the streets of New York. The images, arranged in strips, are not presented as individual works, but as raw material, a part of the photographic process. The high contrast and grainy texture gives the image a stark, documentary feel. Look at the strip in the middle, you can see people seated outside a building, perhaps a restaurant. The repetition of images creates a sense of time passing, like frames from a film. Frank's work reminds me a bit of Garry Winogrand, another street photographer who captured the energy of city life. Both artists shared a knack for finding the extraordinary in the everyday. Art isn’t always about the perfect, polished image, sometimes it’s about showing the messy, unfiltered reality of life.

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