Laborer--People 1941 - 1945

"Laborer--People" is a photo by Robert Frank taken between 1941 and 1945. This black and white photograph depicts a shirtless man sitting on a wheelbarrow, his arm raised as he drinks from a bottle, his face partially obscured from view. The scene is set against the backdrop of a building and railway tracks, suggesting a work site, and the man's physical stance and the bottle of alcohol hint at a moment of rest and perhaps even exhaustion. This photograph, typical of Frank's style, captures a candid and intimate moment in the life of a working-class individual.