Untitled (S. F.) 1982

Editor: This is an untitled photograph by Bill Dane. It looks like a candid shot of two people, one inside and one outside a window with some beer cans in the foreground. What's your take on this work? Curator: Notice how the framing emphasizes the window itself. Dane invites us to consider the very means of image production and distribution, drawing attention to the materiality of photography and its role in shaping our perception of reality. What labor went into producing the materials in this image? Editor: That's a good point! It makes me think about the mass production of these beer cans. Thank you for pointing that out! Curator: And what about the social context that produced these figures, or the lamp above them? Considering these relations offers a whole other reading.