Times Square--New York City 8 c. 1961

Robert Frank made this contact sheet, *Times Square--New York City 8*, using photography. I am not sure exactly when, but sometime between 1924 and 2019, the years of his life. It shows multiple frames, a collection of moments, all jockeying for position. You can almost feel Frank wrestling with the chaos of Times Square, trying to pin down a decisive moment. Was he trying to find one amongst the many? Or perhaps, he was like, screw it, the many *is* the one. I am drawn to the different layers, the orange and green pencil marks that frame certain images like he's editing on the fly, making choices, scratching out, starting again. It makes me feel like I’m right there with Frank, watching him work it out, frame by frame. Maybe the real artwork here is the looking itself, and the attempt to see, not just the final shot. Like the thought process is the work.