Since 1973 Robert Frank’s Bleecker Street studio and home was the crucible of his creativity. Yet just as important was the weather-beaten fisherman’s cottage he bought in 1969 with his wife, artist June Leaf, in Mabou, Nova Scotia, where they spent much of the year for the following half-century: working, reflecting and quietly integrating with the local community. Frank the photographer is revered for his ability to explore and record the world with unprecedented compassion and empathy. Less known is the remarkable work he made with his hands—in many ways a sculptor using found objects, old photographs and the camera as just some of his tools. In the first part of this book, “Land,” Clark Winter captures the energy of the Cape Breton landscape and documents the world Frank and Leaf built there.