Untitled (Eugenie Stoll with bear and doll) c. 1939

Editor: This is an intriguing photograph by C. Bennette Moore, currently titled "Untitled (Eugenie Stoll with bear and doll)." The image is a high-contrast negative, and it has such a haunting quality. What do you make of it? Curator: It’s a beautiful little ghost story, isn't it? The doll, the bear, they're like familiars. I wonder what the photographer was thinking, turning the world inside out like this. What secrets did they want to expose, or perhaps bury? Editor: It makes me think about lost innocence. Curator: Exactly. A memento mori of childhood, perhaps? Or simply a playful experiment with light and shadow, inviting us to consider the ephemeral nature of memory itself. Editor: I never considered that! Curator: Art's a conversation, isn't it? We bring our own ghosts to the table.