This photograph depicts what seems to be a woman who is curled up in a ball while in the shower. The woman is fully dressed which is strange. The black and white creates a gloominess as well. The woman is clearly not well, and this image clearly exposes her cry for help.
Mary Ellen Mark – Ward 81 – 300B-026-13A. Accessed April 11, 2021. http://www.maryellenmark.com/books/titles/ward_81/300B-026-13A_ward81_520.html.
Mark’s shots like this one really exposed the isolation of the institutional setting and struck a chord of empathy with the viewer.