This portrait from Avedon portrays a man clasping his hands together. I can only imagine the suffering this man is going through by the way his body is posed. The curvature of his spine and neck is so aggressive, we can tell he has been shaping his body like this for some time. If I didn’t know this photo was taken at a mental hospital, I don’t know if I would understand the level of frustration, sadness, and pain of the man. This photo is unsettling but very successful because it doesn’t show the face of the man. We don’t see his facial expression, but we know exactly how upset or distraught he feels.