This image here is also one of the images that I personally find interestingly shocking. You can see this women in the hospital who has just had stitches and as a viewer, you wonder what happened to her. When looking a little more into this particular image, I discovered that this woman called Martha was actually stabbed by her boyfriend. I found a statement in which she said that  “He didn’t mean it. You have to believe that the person you love wouldn’t intentionally do this kind of things.” I like how this image is it black and white, I feel it adds to the dramatic and horrific context. Her expression also shows her pain and you feel so connected to her and you almost feel her pain and emotion as if you were in the same room.  I also like how in this image, you can see the medical items in the back ground, and the disinfectant liquid ect. It sort of brings authenticity and reality to this image.

I really like this image Ferrato captured in a woman’s refuge home. A lot of the time, people forget how domestic violence not only affects the victim, but also negatively effects the children involved in the household and in the situation. This image here is very powerful in the fact that it’s showing what i presume to be the mother with her daughter, and she is teaching her to be strong and brave. This is quite emotive as it could perhaps stand as a representation of something the mother withes she had more of when she was in her situation. Whilst researching more into statistics, It was stated that children involved in a domestic household tend to be more shy/quite and emotionally disconnected, this image here shows a mother trying to change these facts and prove to her daughter that she is strong and  brave.

“He fights all the time but it was never this bad before” Karen

In this image, the women sitting in the chair is called Karen and her boyfriend is being arrested by the police. There is a child to the side of her mother and it is almost as if she is hidden away. This is like a representation of how thing are like with many children in domestic situations, they are silent witnesses. As her mother sobs while the abuser is being taken out, she is just sat there observing the shocking events surrounding her and she is watching this unfortunate event occur. I find that the child in this image is just as/ if not more powerful than the mothers distressed expression because the child’s face is almost blank, perhaps because of the fact that this probably isn’t the first time for something like this to happen.

I’ve Lived in East London for 86 1/5 years – Martin Usborne

I like this photograph because of its vibrant colours which is the first thing I noticed when I looked at this photograph I think it attracts the viewers attention. I think that this photograph shows the difference between ages and generations but also how he has adapted to the new youth culture after living in south London for so long. I think this photograph is really interesting because you wouldn’t usually see an older person interacting with people doing graffiti. I like that the photographer taken a wide shot and included the whole painting and even the graffiti artists stuff because I think it adds more to the photograph. Both of the subjects are standing to the side of the graffiti so they are not obstructing it, I think this may have been done on purpose as most of the photographs are staged. Although the main focus point to the photograph is the background I think that Martin Usborne has managed to not fade the subjects into the background. Although the old man is not alone in this photograph I think there is still a barrier which isolates him to a certain extent this photograph, however I don’t know what this is .