Mill--Butte, Montana 1956

"Mill--Butte, Montana" is a black and white photograph taken by Robert Frank in 1956. The photograph depicts a large industrial building in Butte, Montana, with a tall silo in the center and a network of power lines stretching across the sky. Frank's work is known for its gritty realism and its exploration of American society and culture, and this photograph is no exception. Frank's style is characterized by its use of candid moments, its often unconventional perspectives, and its emphasis on the everyday. This photograph, with its stark composition and its focus on industrial architecture, embodies those characteristics. His "The Americans" book, containing photographs like "Mill--Butte, Montana," is an important document of American culture in the 1950s.