Guggenheim 13--Richmond, Virginia 1955

This is Robert Frank’s "Guggenheim 13--Richmond, Virginia," a gelatin silver print. I like seeing all the frames from the film roll. It feels raw, but ordered. I can imagine Frank on the road, snapping away, trying to catch some truth. He's looking for the real America in the everyday, the overlooked. There are glimpses here, moments caught on the fly. The bright, wide streets, the dark interiors. What was he thinking? The graininess gives everything this cool, kind of melancholic feel. He’s got a great eye for composition, even in these little frames. I can almost feel the heat, the dust. It's like he's saying, "Here it is, take a look." He was part of a generation figuring out how to see the world in a new way. And in this way, all artists are in conversation, picking up where others left off, pushing things further.