In 1998, Clarence Williams won the Pulitzer Prize for his powerful images showing the troubles of young children with parents addicted to drugs and alcohol. The photo I chose is particularly powerful due to the placing of the mother and daughter and the brilliant elements used to prey upon viewers emotional weaknesses. The mother is at the front of the photograph with only her arm, where she is shooting up, is showing. Behind her sits her daughter burying her head into her knees. Having the mother in front of the daughter with her back to her depicts how the mother really acts towards her daughter. The girl is in the background suffering, just as she does in life. Seeing this photograph, viewers can’t help but feel bad for the little girl and her situation, making the argument that these kinds of things are happening and we, as a society, should not be ignoring it, we should be helping.
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I did the same Pulitzer Prize winner. Weird. I did a different photo though, although I thought that one was equally as touching.
The photo is so powerful, and speaks volumes about the relationship between the mother and her young child. It saddens me to think that this happens every single day in our country and that as a whole, we do very little to prevent, or even to help. The war on drugs is just that, a war, and our country is suffering the very real consequences of it everyday. I hope that as we move forward, our government can do more to help those families suffering drug addiction and the users themselves. No child should have to face those challenges, ever. Very moving
wow - thanks for sharing that picture Jen; I exclaimed "oh ouch" as soon as I saw it - not from the mother's pain but from mine at recognizing the tragedy of it all.
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