Switzerland no number 1959

Robert Frank made this piece, Switzerland no number, date unknown, using photography and collage. I love how the film strips give you all these little glimpses into a moment. It's like a comic strip, but instead of panels drawn by hand, it’s captured bits of real life, moments framed and then stitched together. The way Frank uses the actual film, the physical strips with their sprocket holes and edge markings, it makes me think about process. It's not just about the perfect shot, but the whole messy, beautiful act of making. You can almost hear the click of the camera, the whir of the film advancing. It's this raw, immediate feel that gets me, like he’s saying, "Here, look at this! It's not polished, but it's real." Reminds me a little of Gerhard Richter's photo paintings – that same blurring of photography and painting, that push-pull between representation and abstraction, reality and memory. Art's an ongoing conversation, right?