Christmas--New York City no number 1954

Robert Frank created this gelatin silver print, *Christmas--New York City no number*, capturing various scenes in a photo-strip. You know, it's like a painter sketching studies before diving into the main canvas. I'm getting a sense of Frank wandering around with his camera, a sense of life unfolding, unposed. He's probably thinking about framing, light, and shadow. This is like a painter with a tube of raw umber, testing the depth of tone, feeling the texture of the support. Each frame feels like a fleeting moment, a gesture, and the sequence feels almost musical. It reminds me of Gerhard Richter's photo paintings, that blurred, hazy quality of memory. Painters and photographers, we're all just trying to capture a feeling, right? It’s like we're all in this ongoing conversation, riffing off each other's ideas across time.