Untitled (girl on floor with dog) c. 1950

Curator: There’s something about this inverted photograph, "Untitled (girl on floor with dog)" by Lucian and Mary Brown that feels like a half-remembered dream. Editor: It looks like she is trying to reach out for something, or perhaps to get closer. The lighting almost casts her as angelic, yet there is something uncanny about it. Curator: The work really captures the quiet intensity of a child’s world, doesn't it? The vulnerability of being at floor level, coupled with what looks like, maybe, an immense sense of discovery. Editor: Exactly! It's interesting to consider what the photograph, taken by both Lucian and Mary Brown, implies about children’s perspectives within domestic spaces. Curator: It's a tender piece, a sort of ghost echo of intimacy. Editor: Agreed. It also offers an opportunity to reflect on the power dynamics inherent in how childhood is recorded and remembered.