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Lehigh University
Art Architecture and Design
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Amanda

Describe and Interpret

Mary Ellen Mark, Ward 81, Oregon State Hospital,
Salem, Oregon, 1976
300B-027-030 http://www.maryellenmark.com/books/titles/ward_81/300B-027-030_ward81_520.html

This seems to be a patient in the Oregon State Hospital. Usually when people position their body in a tight position they are in some sort of state of panic or emotional overload. The tight position has been found to calm the body and the mind. It seems as if the women is facing some sort of internal struggle. In this moment it appears as if the struggle inside of her is winning, taking over her.

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