Newburgh, New York II 1955

This photographic film sheet by Robert Frank captures a series of moments in Newburgh, New York. Looking at these frames, I'm imagining Frank walking around, holding his camera. It's like he's thinking out loud, clicking away, trying to capture the essence of a place through these small rectangles. I see a blur of action and a group of people gathered, maybe a local event? What I like about this is how you see all of his frames together. In the editing process, it is like painting: you make choices. What to crop, what to leave in? This offers a different way of seeing, thinking and experiencing the world. It reminds me that artists are always talking to each other, even across time, inspiring each other. Artists embrace the uncertain, and understand that we allow for multiple interpretations, rather than definitive readings.