Abercrombie & Fitch 5 1955

This is Robert Frank’s photo, Abercrombie & Fitch 5; it shows a photographic process through a series of images presented on a sheet. It's like seeing the artist's mind at work, with all its starts and stops. The material aspect is straightforward: black and white film. The focus on the contact sheet transforms the photos into a kind of index. There are many individual images and the film strip itself becomes the artwork. The red outlines in the upper images help me to consider the themes and editing decisions. Frank's work reminds me of artists like Ed Ruscha, who also played with seriality and everyday subjects. It's about the exchange of ideas over time, showing that art embraces multiple interpretations rather than fixed meanings.