Untitled (school buses in snow) c. 1950

Editor: This is an untitled photograph by Lucian and Mary Brown, showing school buses in the snow. It's a small, black and white print, and the inverted tones give it a slightly eerie, dreamlike quality. What do you make of it? Curator: It's a fascinating piece, isn't it? I see a moment suspended in time, almost like a memory fading at the edges. The inverted tones, as you mentioned, transform the familiar into something otherworldly. Do you think that was intentional, or perhaps a happy accident in the darkroom? Editor: I hadn't thought of that! Maybe it's both. Curator: Exactly! It's this ambiguity that keeps me coming back. It makes me wonder about their perspective. And the way the buses are lined up, disgorging children in this strange landscape... it's both unsettling and strangely beautiful. Editor: I see that now. Thanks, that really opened it up for me. Curator: Absolutely! Art's all about seeing the world anew, isn't it?