Untitled (baby on blanket) c. 1950

Curator: Well, here we have an "Untitled (baby on blanket)" photo, authorship attributed to Lucian and Mary Brown. It resides here at the Harvard Art Museums. Editor: I'm struck by the inverted tones; it’s like a little alien cherub staring out at us from the shadows. What's going on with the negative space here? Curator: It's a gelatin silver print, a relatively small piece. Perhaps the Browns were playing with light and shadow, creating a kind of reversed intimacy. Editor: That blanket, though—it feels like a symbolic shroud, or maybe a protective charm? Makes me wonder what they were trying to ward off. It's odd how a simple photograph can evoke such intense feelings, isn't it? Curator: Absolutely, and the Browns leave us to ponder these very ambiguities.