Untitled (chef's hands skinning frogs' legs) c. 1950

Editor: This is an untitled photograph by Jack Gould, depicting a chef's hands skinning frogs' legs. The close-up view is fascinating, but honestly, a little unsettling. What do you see in this piece? Curator: The process is the point. Look at the labor involved, the raw materiality. The chef's uniform, the table setting – they're all part of a larger system of food production and consumption. How does this image challenge traditional boundaries between high art and… well, dinner? Editor: So it's less about the frog itself and more about the act of preparing it? I hadn't considered that. Thanks! Curator: Exactly! The material reality is the message.