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His mother was beaten by her husband while the five-year-old son watched... Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Date 1986-87
Location Philadelphia Pennsylvania United States
Dimensions Image: 13 x 19 1/4 in. (33 x 48.9 cm)
Paper: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Mat: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm)
Print medium Photo-Gelatin silver

Young Jason nevr goes to bed unarmed. Grabbing his plastic gun and rubber knife, he tells his mother, "If Daddy comes, I'll be able to stop him."

Credit line

Gift of the Photographer to the W. Eugene Smith Legacy Collection

Feedback Accession No. 552.1994