Show at Reuben Gallery no number 1957

This is Robert Frank’s photographic contact sheet, ‘Show at Reuben Gallery no number.’ What can we learn about how Frank thought about photography by looking at the process? It makes me think about how different forms of painting offer different ways of seeing, thinking, and experiencing the world. The contact sheet shows us the photos he took at the exhibition, and also the portraits of people. How often do we see the discarded images that didn't make the final cut? I wonder what Frank was thinking when he decided which photographs to print and show. Artists are in an ongoing conversation, bouncing ideas off each other through time. Looking at this contact sheet, it's clear that the artist had a playful approach to artmaking. Seeing these images reminds me that art embraces ambiguity, allowing for various meanings rather than settling on just one.