Brett Carnell, Head of the Prints & Photographs Division Technical Services section, explains what caught his attention about a photo he added to our local picture “sharing” wall.
This photograph of the Ramirez family first caught my eye because it reminded me of my youth. I was raised in the rural West where semi-arid farming had been a part of life and it was not uncommon to see old horse-drawn farming equipment, recently abandoned, alongside a tractor. The laundry hanging on the clothesline next to the Ramirez family home and the detritus that accumulates around an active farmstead gave me a sense of nostalgia. But at the same time something about the photo made me uneasy.