One of the defining characteristics of the series is the recurring presence of women with bandaged eyes, surgical masks, transparent umbrellas, and emotionally vacant expressions as they walk through rain-soaked streets. Although these photographs are entirely real, they possess a distinctly dreamlike, almost nightmarish atmosphere, blurring the boundary between documentary and fiction. The bandages function less as signs of physical injury than as symbols of invisible psychological and social wounds—traumas that are visible yet rarely acknowledged or discussed.
As in his earlier series Broken Doll City, Slocombe once again returns to the human body as the primary surface upon which his narratives unfold. His fascination lies not with violence itself, but with its aftermath—with the moment when the event has passed and only silence, healing, and memory remain. In his photographs, the wounded body becomes a metaphor for a society that maintains an appearance of composure while concealing profound fractures beneath its surface.
