Post #15 Photographic Portrayals of Violence

-http://www.alexiafoundation.org/blog/2012/08/02/donna-ferrato-how-images-matter/

The image above does a good job in their ethical reserve of violence. Donna Ferrato took the image in 1988, in Minneapolis. Photograph portrays a black man being handcuffed by policeman with a child standing in front and pointing and yelling at the man. The child’s anger appears to be directed strait at the man being handcuffed and one of the policeman looks surprised at the child. There appears to be a black woman standing behind the policeman crying while the television is also playing right next to the man. They all seem to be standing in quite a poor house with books scattered next to the TV. The man being handcuffed pointedly doesn’t look at the camera or the child and is staring at the books on the ground. I think the photograph does a good job in its ethical reserve of violence. The story goes that the man was betting his wife and the child is yelling, “I hate you for hitting my mom, I hope you don’t come back to the house.” The photographer could have instead taken a picture of the woman and her injuries, but instead decided to take a picture of the man being arrested. In this picture the victim of violence is not clearly defined. The man could be considered to be one since he is the one being arrested and is the center of the photo. The photo also doesn’t appear to have been manipulated in any way.