Woman on horseback--Casper, Wyoming 1956

This black and white photograph of a Woman on horseback in Casper, Wyoming was taken by Robert Frank. I can feel her energy! She's got a tight grip on the reins, like she's ready for anything. Her mouth is open, like she's mid-sentence, or maybe even yelling, trying to be heard above the wind. The photo feels both staged and utterly spontaneous; was she always this powerful? Or did she find something of herself in that moment? You know, every photographer, like every painter, has their own way of seeing, of choosing what to include and what to leave out. Frank's framing here is so deliberate, so casual, that it feels like a snapshot of something much bigger, something wilder, just waiting to be unleashed. It's a reminder that art isn't just about what's in the frame, but what it makes us feel.