Untitled (young couple chatting with woman between two rooms in family home) 1960

Editor: So, this silver gelatin print, an untitled work by Martin Schweig, captures a young couple chatting, with another woman between rooms in what appears to be a family home. There's a certain formality to it, but also an air of mystery. What do you see in this piece? Curator: It whispers stories, doesn't it? The home feels like a stage, and the figures are caught in a play where the script is just out of reach. I wonder, what's the woman holding? It’s a tiny, delicate thing – a captured butterfly of a moment, perhaps? Maybe it is a symbol for something. What do you think it might be? Editor: I hadn't thought of it that way, but I think that it is a metaphor for something precious, if not fleeting. Curator: Yes, there is a little bit of magic that it seems to create, doesn't it?