Seeing Beyond the Frame: Ocean Vuong on Robert Frank

In our new film, poet, essayist, and novelist Ocean Vuong answers five questions about Robert Frank and his relationship to the photographer's work. Here, Vuong—who contributed a new text to Pace Publishing's book accompanying the gallery's upcoming exhibition of Frank's work—speaks about his first encounter with the artist's images, the through lines between poetry and photography, what makes Frank's work so timeless, and more. "Both [poetry and photography] seek to mythologize the world without narrative," he says. "What happens when you see a Frank photograph is that you're asked to see beyond the frame. Particularly with Frank's work, there's a great allegiance to mystery—there's a spirit that he was after."