Mountainside--Landscape 1941 - 1945

Robert Frank created this gelatin silver print titled 'Mountainside--Landscape', and what I love about it is how it captures the raw, elemental force of nature, the stark contrast between light and shadow really makes you feel the biting cold and the sheer scale of the mountain. I can almost imagine Robert Frank standing there, camera in hand, feeling the wind in his face, waiting for the perfect moment to capture the mountain's jagged peaks and the ominous clouds gathering overhead. It must have been an intense experience. What's striking is the physicality of it all—the way the light reflects off the snow, creating these sharp, angular forms. It's almost like looking at a black and white abstract painting, where the brushstrokes are replaced by ice and rock, and the canvas is the side of a mountain. You can sense a connection to the work of other landscape artists like Ansel Adams, and the sublime paintings of Frederic Church; artists are always riffing off each other, playing with similar themes, but arriving at something completely new.