Mary Ellen Mark , ( march 20 ,1940) has a close interaction between her and the subject of the photo. How close she is shows the emotion that the person or objects portrays at that moment. In this photograph the struggle that is lived on a daily basis in a bad neighborhood is showed by the melancholy face of the youngest of the two. The other is holding a gun putting in his jacket stating that even to step out the door he needs some form of security. This image shows the daily struggle of life in the hood  in any country in this world. That daily life is their struggle and their striving to survive it.