Untitled (baby wearing dress posed on floral couch next to table with framed photograph) 1948

Editor: So, this gelatin silver print, "Untitled (baby wearing dress posed on floral couch next to table with framed photograph)," by Martin Schweig, has such a strange, dreamlike quality. What do you see in this piece? Curator: It is eerie, isn't it? I see a play with inversions. Light and dark are flipped, and childhood innocence is recast as something unsettling. Is that a portrait of a stern-looking woman lurking in the background? Editor: It is! It adds another layer of complexity to the image. I almost feel like I'm looking at a memory. Curator: Precisely! It’s a fascinating study of memory, photography, and the uncanny valley. Makes you think, doesn't it? Editor: Definitely. I will never look at a baby doll the same way again.