
Bobo the Clown Doll
In 1961, Stanford psychology professor, Albert Bandura conducted an experiment where small children observed adults punching, kicking, and assaulting a blow-up doll named Bobo. The experiment proved that children learned aggressive behavior from this exposure. I had taken this sinister-feeling photograph at a toy museum some time earlier and felt it captured this dark mood. Though careful angular juxtaposition was used to frame the image, it was a photo found purely by wandering around with a camera—not constructed, or designed in service to a concept. Serendipitous? Also, this could be an album cover. I’m looking at you Marilyn Manson.
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