The Image I chose

The image that I felt some emotion towards to was the photo named,” The Crawlers” of the homeless elderly looking lady with the baby on the street. The image was taken in London, the lady was wealthy at one point but the husband gamble up all of their money before he died and left her without any money and eventually living on the streets. The term Crawlers is short for beggars on the streets in London. The photo and interview was taken by John Thomas. The photo bothered me and captured my attention because of the actions of her deceased husband left her and the baby without any help or not a simple place for and their child to live. To see the hurt in the lady eyes made me feel so sad for her. Just to think about during that time women really did not have much of a choice but to let their husbands take care of them, and if they married a man such as the lady in the photo did , things could end up terrible for her and the kids. Just thought of how she once was living amongst the wealthy and probably looked down upon the Crawlers in the streets, but ended up becoming one herself with her child.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2487041/Dickens-London-brought-life-Fascinating-snapshot-Victorian-street-traders-taken-dawn-photography.html