Allan Kaprow's party 4 1957

This is Robert Frank's contact sheet, ‘Allan Kaprow’s party 4'. It’s a photographic print – a series of small images arranged on a single sheet. What strikes me is the texture. Not just in the grainy black and white of the photos themselves, but in the way the sheet is held together, the visible sprocket holes and frame numbers along the edges. It's like seeing the artist's process laid bare, each image a fleeting moment captured and placed in dialogue with the others. Look at the sequence in the middle rows, the way the perspective shifts and changes with each shot. It’s a reminder that seeing is never a neutral act. Think about the way photographers like Garry Winogrand used the full range of greys, blacks and whites to describe urban life. It’s like a visual conversation, and reminds us that art is always an ongoing dialogue between artists, ideas, and ways of seeing. There is always more to explore.