Untitled (portrait, girl with baby in highchair, bentwood chair) c. 1925

Editor: Here we have an untitled photograph by Harris & Ewing depicting a girl with a baby in a highchair. It's a small work, but the contrast is really striking. What do you see in this piece? Curator: Well, it’s a photographic negative, isn't it? It feels like a memory, somehow… inverted and slightly haunting. There’s an intimacy here, a domestic scene caught in a very specific, almost otherworldly light. What do you feel when you look at it? Editor: I get a sense of both familiarity and unease. Like a forgotten dream. Thanks, that’s helpful. Curator: My pleasure. Art, like dreams, often speaks in riddles, doesn’t it?