Untitled (puppies on checkered floor) c. 1950

Editor: Here we have Jack Gould’s “Untitled (puppies on checkered floor)," a small gelatin silver print. The inversion makes the puppies look ghostly, almost like playful apparitions. What do you see in this piece? Curator: It's a sweet snapshot, isn't it? The reversed tones give it an ethereal, dreamlike quality. The puppies, frozen in their playful chaos, seem suspended in time. The checkered floor adds a touch of domesticity, grounding this whimsical scene. It makes you wonder about the impermanence of the moment. Editor: That's lovely - 'playful chaos suspended in time'. I never would have thought about it that way! Curator: Photography has a certain magic about it, doesn't it?