I saw the one of the child running to its mothers defence in the Sunday Times Spectrum shots. I could not believe that people would do this in front of someone, or that someone would stand and capture this, especially where children are involved.
@callymazoo@bruni : In the article it says that the mother left the guy and went back to her ex in Alaska (far away from that guy who hit her) so she and the children might be safe. But who knows who will be thte next victim, you're right.
Very evocative & moving, strong & effective. Domestic violence is such a tragic thing, it leaves such scars to the victim and to the children involved. I do some volunteer work working on this subject, so I know that these things are never easy and that b/w as they seam to be looking from outside alone, itĀ“s easy to look at this as a outsider and think that she should just leave -she should, I agree - but from her point of view thereĀ“s so much more things involved there than just the violence, thereĀ“s still feelings involved, fear, financial mathers, self esteem, lack empowerment, lack of strenght, shame etc and the decision about leaving always have to be her own decision.
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Here's an article in English. :)
http://lightbox.time.com/2013/02/27/photographer-as-witness-a-portrait-of-domestic-violence/#1
Works pretty well.