Market outside Zurich--Farming 1943

This photograph, "Market outside Zurich--Farming," was snapped by Robert Frank. It's a small black and white picture. I can almost feel the heat of the day, the dust in the air. I think of Frank, camera in hand, weaving through the market, a fly on the wall. What was he chasing? A feeling, a truth, maybe just the right light. There's a piglet being dangled. I see the texture of its skin, the way the light catches its form. What does it feel like to hold a piglet upside down? The man's hand is confident, matter-of-fact. Another man stands behind him, almost like a shadow. I see the layers of Zurich laid out in front of me. There is so much movement and life in this still moment. It reminds me that every photograph is a collaboration between the photographer, the subject, and the world itself.