Untitled (Ernest Otto and Phyllis Moore Stoll in costume) c. 1935

Editor: This is an untitled photograph, likely vintage, by C. Bennette Moore, featuring Ernest Otto and Phyllis Moore Stoll in costume. There's a playful, theatrical mood... almost dreamlike. What do you make of it? Curator: Oh, it whispers stories, doesn’t it? The reversed tones give it an ethereal quality, like a memory flickering on the edge of perception. The costumes… a clown and a sailor. It's a private masquerade, perhaps, full of personal symbolism. Makes me wonder what roles they were playing, both for the camera and for each other. Editor: It definitely has a sense of intimacy about it. I didn't even consider that the photograph itself may be part of the artwork. It's like peeking into someone else's past. Curator: Exactly! Art isn't just about what we see, but what we feel and imagine. It's like catching a falling star—a fleeting glimpse into another world, forever captured.