Untitled (two boys and men leaning on bar and looking up) 1950

Curator: What a study in anticipation! Jack Gould's small, undated photograph shows two boys and two men leaning on a bar, all gazing upwards. Editor: The expressions are what grab me – a mix of innocent wonder from the boys, with perhaps a bit of worldly calculation from the men. It’s intriguing. Curator: The bar acts as a threshold, a boundary between them and whatever spectacle commands their attention, almost a line of expectation. Editor: Perhaps they're watching an airplane, a symbol of soaring ambition, or even a passing storm – a reminder of life's unpredictability. Curator: That tension between youthful openness and adult reserve gives it a timeless, universal appeal. Editor: It makes you wonder what they're truly seeing and what they are hoping to see.