From the bus 30 1958

Robert Frank made this photo, From the bus 30, with film and camera. I'm thinking about this matrix of images, this sheet of celluloid, and how it captures little moments, a kind of seriality that's really cool. I imagine Frank on the bus, clicking away, trying to seize the ephemeral. Each frame is like a little painting, a glimpse of life unfolding. And the fact that they're all together, on this one sheet, it's like he’s saying, "Look, the world is fragmented, fast-paced, but it's all connected." It reminds me of other photographers who explore the everyday, like Garry Winogrand, or even painters like Fairfield Porter, who found beauty in the mundane. There's a certain poetry in seeing these moments strung together, a rhythm of seeing, of being present in the world. It shows how one person, one artist, can see so much from one seat.