Venice, Italy 10 1964

This is Venice, Italy, as seen through Robert Frank's lens. A photographic scroll made of multiple frames, like a comic strip without the speech bubbles. The images speak volumes, though. Frank's eye captures these crowded scenes, public gatherings, then he circles some of the moments in red pen, like he wants to emphasize something. Maybe he's trying to pull out the important bits, the parts that really caught his attention. I can imagine him walking around Venice, camera in hand, clicking away, trying to make sense of it all. It is interesting to me, this use of the red pen... is he editing? Thinking about the way some painters make sketches before the real thing? It's like he’s having a conversation with the photos, marking them up, trying to figure out what they mean. Photography can be a conversation, an exchange of ideas, a way of seeing and being in the world. Frank is in conversation with photography, and in turn, inspires us to think about how we see.