From the bus 33/Lines of My Hand 80 1958

Robert Frank made this piece, From the bus 33/Lines of My Hand 80, with gelatin silver print. I love the idea of taking pictures from a bus, it’s kind of like drawing, just letting the world roll by as you make snap decisions about what to capture. I suppose in some ways the roll of film has a similar function to a sketchbook, a space to experiment and try things out. The image is composed of different black and white photographs from the roll, kind of like pages from a book. I’m curious about the way Frank is letting us see the whole roll with its numbers and everything, which is interesting, and it changes the meaning. It reminds me a bit of Warhol and his screen prints, just capturing real life in all its banality. The green colour that surrounds some of the images is interesting. It makes me think that all art making is about selection, like what to leave out or keep in.