In February 1947 Mr. Frank sailed from Antwerp to New York and immersed himself in the photography scene. He worked as an assistant photographer at Harper’s Bazaar and began publishing in magazines and journals. In the process he picked up a 35-millimeter Leica camera — faster and lighter on the run than his Rolleiflex. Chronicling the activities of neighbors on his block in New York, Mr. Frank captured this couple in a convertible as they reacted to his taking their picture. It bears an uncanny resemblance to Garry Winogrand’s “Park Avenue, New York, 1959.” Of all the great street photographers who came of age in the ’60s, Winogrand was most directly influenced by Mr. Frank.

1952

“Couple/Paris”