Building under construction--Early New York City no number c. early 1950s

Here is a silver gelatin print by Robert Frank, showing a building under construction in early New York City. I love how the photograph itself isn’t the end result, instead, we see the strips of negatives, and catch a glimpse into Frank’s process of selecting and editing. In a way, it's almost like we are in the darkroom with him, witnessing the transformation of real-world scenes into art. I find it so human, don’t you? Like we are seeing what he saw. I bet that construction site was noisy and chaotic, just like New York can be. Frank has this knack for finding beauty and order amidst the urban sprawl. He crops and frames in a way that invites us to contemplate the city, the people, and the spaces we all inhabit. This idea of revealing process reminds me of so many painters, like Francis Bacon, who slashed, marked, and otherwise dirtied the surface of the canvas, pulling the viewer in, to see something new.