Untitled (woman seen through window in passenger seat of old car) c. 1950

Curator: This intriguing gelatin silver print, simply titled "Untitled (woman seen through window in passenger seat of old car)," is by Jack Gould. What are your initial thoughts? Editor: Spooky! It feels like a ghost riding shotgun. The negative print amplifies the sense of memory and the uncanny. Curator: Absolutely. The car itself—with its boxy frame and the woman framed within a window—evokes a sense of confinement, yet also a journey. We see a reflection of societal transition through the lens of a personal moment. Editor: Perhaps a comment on women's evolving role in transportation? Or a metaphor for observing life through a filter, always slightly removed? There's an intense voyeurism. Curator: That resonates. It seems that Gould is capturing not just an image, but the psychological space between observer and observed. Editor: It's unsettling, yet strangely beautiful. I’ll be chewing on this for a while. Curator: Indeed, an artwork that lingers in the mind.