Paris 72B 1951 - 1952

Robert Frank made "Paris 72B" without a date using photography. This contact sheet shows Frank working through a roll of film, trying to capture the light in Paris. I imagine him walking in the snow, looking for a shot. Click, click, click, until the roll is done. The blue marks are great, aren't they? He went back later and chose the ones he liked. I wonder what made him pick those images? Was it the composition, the light, or something else entirely? Did he think about what he was doing? Or did he just follow his gut? Photography's fascinating, isn't it? What seems simple is actually a complicated layering of decisions. What a conversation it makes between the eye, the light, the machine, and the mind!