Two men standing by side of road in snow--U.S. 66 between Winslow and Flagstaff, Arizona 1955

Robert Frank made this photograph somewhere on Route 66, using his camera to capture two men standing on the side of the road in the snow. Look at the weight of the moment. I imagine Frank there with them, the air biting their cheeks, hands shoved deep into their pockets. What's the story they're not telling? There’s a certain stillness, a quiet tension, almost like a scene from a film noir. The road stretches out, vast and open, yet they’re rooted to this spot, caught in a moment of reflection. The composition is deceptively simple, right? But it's about choices, about what to include and what to leave out. Frank is a master of the telling detail. Like Hopper, he's dealing with the weight of things—a certain type of American loneliness, but also a very acute way of seeing. And by leaving so much unsaid, it invites us to fill in the blanks, to bring our own experiences and interpretations to the table.