Children playing, Paris 1951

Robert Frank took this photograph, Children Playing, in Paris, using his camera as a way to capture the world. Imagine him, perhaps unnoticed, seizing this moment of children playing. The grey light of Paris, the bare trees, and the background buildings create a melancholic scene, and yet there is vitality in the children's chain. They run together in a line; a sense of forward motion in spite of the stillness of the photographic medium. How does Frank capture this energy? It is the slight blurring of the children that suggests movement and marks the passing of time. Frank’s work makes me think about the art of Henri Cartier-Bresson, with its grainy textures, capturing life in its raw form. I feel Frank's eye searching for the unexpected, transforming everyday reality into art. Photography, like painting, is about more than just capturing what’s there – it’s about creating a new way of seeing.