Guggenheim 623A--San Francisco c. 1956

This is a contact sheet titled Guggenheim 623A--San Francisco made by Robert Frank. It's a peek into his working process, his mind at play. I imagine Frank wandering through San Francisco, camera in hand, capturing snippets of life. What was he thinking when he snapped that shot of a woman in a car, or the crowd of people gathered in the street? Maybe he was drawn to the way the light fell on their faces, or the stories he imagined unfolding between them. These little frames offer different ways of seeing, thinking, and experiencing the world. It's like he's speaking a secret language through the lens. They feel like a little poem about the city and its people. It makes me want to grab my own camera and start documenting.