Untitled (boy playing with model train) c. 1950

Editor: This is an intriguing photograph, simply titled "Untitled (boy playing with model train)," by Lucian and Mary Brown. Something about the reversed tones makes the scene feel both nostalgic and a little dreamlike. What do you see in this piece? Curator: It’s the quiet absorption that captivates me. Don't you think that the world shrinks down to the size of that train set? It is a small universe of childhood, a world of pure potential. I can almost hear the chugging and feel the smooth, cold metal in my own hands. Editor: That's beautiful! I hadn't considered how intimate the scene is. It really does feel like a portal to another time. Curator: It's a feeling, isn't it? A memory of something never experienced.