Untitled (varsity football team with coach, Friends School) 1939

Editor: So, this is an untitled photograph of a Friends School varsity football team with their coach by Harris & Ewing. It strikes me how the composition is so symmetrical, almost like a classical frieze. What do you see in its formal arrangement? Curator: Note how the photograph is structured. The careful arrangement of figures creates a balanced tableau. The texture is also interesting; the tonal inversions of the negative create a strange, almost ghostly feel. Editor: It’s interesting how reversing the tones really changes the texture. I never really noticed that! Curator: Indeed. The photograph becomes less about representation and more about the interplay of light and form itself. It's a fascinating study in photographic abstraction, really. Editor: I agree. Thanks for pointing out all these structural elements.