Convention hall—Chicago 1956

This photograph was taken in Chicago by Robert Frank, and it's a small black and white print. I am really struck by the composition. Frank presents us with a beauty queen in an elaborate gown, and a man in a suit holding a newspaper – what a contrast! You can almost imagine the photographer spotting the unlikely pairing and wanting to capture them together. The world of photography is interesting – like painting, it’s about framing and arrangement. What do you leave in? What do you leave out? The framing makes for such an unexpected picture, these two figures thrown together, and each with their own story to tell. It reminds me that, as artists, we’re always in conversation with one another, borrowing ideas and seeing the world through each other’s eyes.