Untitled (two women and boy sitting on brick wall) c. 1950

Editor: So this is an untitled snapshot by Lucian and Mary Brown, showing two women and a boy on a brick wall, and it's quite small. There's an eerie, inverted feel to it. What do you see in this curious image? Curator: It’s like a dream, isn’t it? This photographic negative hints at a story, a memory frozen in time. Perhaps it’s about family bonds, the quiet moments of connection. The odd inversion somehow amplifies the feeling of intimacy. What do you make of their expressions? Editor: I think they are reading. It reminds me of old family albums, personal and slightly mysterious. I wonder what they were reading, and what that moment meant to them. Curator: Exactly! These kinds of images make you ponder the narratives we all carry within us, and how photography can both capture and obscure them.