500 East Rialto Avenue, Venice, California 1978

This is Robert Frank's, 500 East Rialto Avenue, Venice, California, a photograph, or rather, photographs from 1975. It’s like Frank is not just capturing a scene but dismantling it, cutting it up and then reassembling it, maybe not quite right. The seams are everything here. Each rectangle is a fragment, and together they build this somewhat disjointed view. Look at the palm tree. Sliced and diced, it towers over the "Fantastic" sandwich shop, each section offering a slightly different perspective. That stark black and white, and the rough edges, it’s like he's showing us the bones of the place. Makes me think about the way David Hockney was doing similar things at the same time. This image isn’t just seen; it’s constructed, pieced together in our minds, much like memory itself. It’s about seeing the world in fragments and finding a kind of fractured beauty in the process.