Untitled (many people seated inside city bus) c. 1950

Editor: This is Jack Gould’s “Untitled (many people seated inside city bus),” a photograph from the Harvard Art Museums. It has an eerie feel, maybe because it’s an inverted negative image. What strikes you about this photograph? Curator: Well, the inversion makes it feel like a ghostly memory, doesn’t it? Perhaps it speaks to the collective experience of public transport, yet each figure remains isolated in their own thoughts. There’s a story in each face, wouldn't you agree? It almost asks us to imagine their lives. Editor: Definitely! It's like a frozen moment of shared humanity. I hadn’t considered it that way. Curator: Exactly! And that, my friend, is the magic of art – it whispers possibilities.