Bride near automobile--Reno, Nevada 1956

Robert Frank shot this photograph of a bride near an automobile in Reno, Nevada, and you know, something about its stark black and white tones gets me. I imagine Frank, lurking in the shadows, capturing this fleeting moment. The bride, a figure of hope and expectation, stands beside this solid, almost imposing automobile, the composition is full of sharp contrasts between light and shadow, which creates a mood that's both romantic and a little melancholy. There's something about the gesture of the bride, perhaps adjusting her dress, that feels so intimate and yet so exposed, as if the photograph is saying something about the artist’s and our own search for meaning. Frank’s ability to find poetry in the everyday reminds us that art is not just about what we see, but how we see it, and how we feel it. It’s like, we’re all just trying to make sense of the world, one snapshot at a time.