Valencia, Spain 6 1952

This is Robert Frank’s ‘Valencia, Spain 6’, a photographic work of multiple images, made in, well, Valencia. Isn’t it fascinating how a photographer engages with time and space? I see a contact sheet, raw and direct, marked with the artist’s red pen, a visual editing process laid bare. It’s like seeing the artist's thought process—the selection, the circling, the choices made or not made. It feels like a personal sketchbook page. I imagine Frank walking around Valencia, camera in hand, seeing people, moments, and capturing them. He shoots a whole roll of film, and then develops it. There is intimacy and an urgency to seize a moment that would otherwise be lost forever. We are all photographers now, snapping away on our phones, but Frank was a visionary, a true pioneer. He wasn't just taking pictures. He was capturing life.