Untitled (Cardinal baseball player hitting ball; Stan Musial) 1954

Editor: Here we have an untitled photograph by Jack Gould, showing Stan Musial in action. The negative image gives it this ghostly, dreamlike quality. What strikes you about it? Curator: It's like a memory, isn't it? The reversed tones make us see the familiar in an unfamiliar way. I feel the crack of the bat, the tension, suspended in this strange light. Editor: It almost feels like a glimpse into a different dimension. Curator: Exactly. And that's the power of the photograph, isn't it? To hold a moment, but also to transform it. Makes you wonder about all the other moments, lost or remembered. Editor: I see what you mean, I never looked at it that way before. Curator: Neither did I, until just now.