Untitled (youth football team, Friends School) 1939

Editor: This photograph, titled "Untitled (youth football team, Friends School)" by Harris & Ewing, captured in classic black and white, has a real sense of nostalgia. What strikes you about this image? Curator: It whispers of Americana, doesn't it? Look at the symmetry, the way the faces are all angled forward. It's almost like they're trying to break out of the photograph. Do you feel it? Editor: I do. It also feels like it could be almost any year given the style. Curator: Exactly! It’s timeless, yet so firmly planted in a specific time. You know, a group portrait like this, it’s a study in human ambition, isn’t it? That desire to be seen, to belong. Editor: I never thought of it that way. Thanks, I have a new appreciation for these types of images. Curator: Me too; seeing their faces light up gave me chills.