Untitled (woman feeding bottle to baby gorilla) c. 1950

Editor: Here we have an untitled photograph by Jack Gould, showing a woman feeding a baby gorilla with a bottle. It’s a rather strange image, and its small size lends it an intimacy, a hidden moment. What do you make of it? Curator: It's funny, isn’t it? The inverted tones give it a dreamlike quality. It makes me wonder about the story behind the image – was it a staged moment, or a real instance of human-animal connection? Perhaps it’s a reflection on motherhood, extended beyond species. What do you think it suggests? Editor: Maybe it's about the universal instinct to nurture. Thanks, that gave me something to think about. Curator: Absolutely! It certainly sparked my imagination.