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Summary #1

The artist of this picture is Saint Hoax. The picture is part of a series he did using princes from Disney. Using his work, he shows the opposite of what Disney tries to depict as “Happily Ever After”, he calls it “Happily Never After”. This picture is part of his of his series “Prince Charmless”. The picture shows Prince Aladdin, at the bottom of the picture there is a caption stating “When did she stop treating you like a hero?”. In the picture we see Prince Aladdin is dressed in his prince outfit, his left eye is badly bruised and is almost completely shut. His right eye is bloodshot red and under the same eye he has a cut with some bruising. On the top of his nose he also has a bruise and he’s bleeding from the right side of his nostril. His lips also show some bruising and looks like it’s bleeding from the lower bottom.

Analysis #1

What we can get from this picture is that guys can also suffer from domestic violence. Domestic violence targets everyone from every sex, race, religion and background. This also shows that even though the man may treat his spouse/significant other with the upmost respect he may not get the same treatment in return. So this picture is a great example of what some males go through even when we think domestic violence only occurs with women. 

Summary #2

I found this picture of the singer Rihanna. I couldn’t find who was the artist of this picture. A little background that I do know about since it was in the news due to who it was. The first half of the image is the picture of her when she was physically assaulted by her then boyfriend Chris Brown. In the picture we have the picture of the singer behind a black backdrop. We have a photo in the middle showing the before and after with the caption “We found love in a hopeless place”. This title is actually a title for one of her hit songs. On the left hand sign we see that on top of her eyebrow she has a small bruise. Her eye is swollen shut with bruising all around it. Some of her cheek and under her nostril she also has some bruising. Then on her lip she has a small cut on her bottom lip. The right side of the picture shows her with face without any of the injuries.

Analysis #2

When I see this picture it reminds me that even famous people are just like us and that they go through the same struggles that we do. This picture shows us that even though she’s famous and knew the picture was going to be shown to the whole world she wanted her attacker to pay the consequences for attacking her and causing the damage she went through. A lot of victims of domestic violence stay quiet and don’t report their abusers because they’re too scared that either their attacker will walk away with a slap on the wrist or that their abuser will retaliate against them. No one should be afraid to report their abuser, reporting them might make them feel a little guilty at first but then they will feel liberated knowing they won’t have to go through that anymore. 

Summary #3

This picture was used by the Salvation Army to bring awareness to domestic violence. The picture first showed up on the South African website for the Salvation Army. They actually used the dress that caused so much controversy where people were guessing if it was either white and gold or purple and black. They choose to have the woman in the white and gold dress because people were having a hard time seeing black and purple the same way domestic violence is seen. In the picture we see a blonde woman laying down wearing a white and gold dress with no shoes on. Her hair appears a little disheveled and her face is expressionless. Her right eye is purple and blue. She also has a very deep cut on her top right lip. On her top leg she has two bruises one on her knee and another on top of her thigh. Her bottom leg also has a bruise on her knee. Also her toes look a dirty or bruised.

Analysis #3

This I believe is another great example of helping bring awareness to domestic violence. The Salvation Army used something that was really controversial due to people seeing the dress in two different colors and actually turned it into something that made a lot of sense. Victims of domestic violence always try to hide their injuries by using very heavy make-up or using clothing to hide their cuts and bruises. They try to hide their injuries because usually they don’t want to get judge or they don’t want people knowing what’s going on in their home. Plenty of domestic violence victims try to hide their injuries but we as a society should be able to see signs of domestic violence and should be able to help. So, I think by the Salvation Army using this picture with the dress was a very clever way to bring awareness for domestic violence victims.