Guggenheim 334--New Orleans, Louisiana 1955

"Guggenheim 334--New Orleans, Louisiana," a 1955 photograph by Robert Frank, shows a contact sheet of black and white images of a marching band. The contact sheet, a common practice in the development of film photography, allows for multiple images to be arranged on one sheet, providing a sense of the process and decision-making behind the final photograph. This contact sheet offers a glimpse into Frank's working method as he captured the energy and dynamism of a New Orleans street scene. The image is part of Frank's iconic "The Americans," a photobook that documented American life in the 1950s.