These images are a play on the HSBC adverts, 'Differing Points of Value'. They represent the way in which society stereotypes adolescents, prejudicing them simply because of their age. The majority of viewers would assume that in the image with the adolescent male and the woman, it is the young man stealing the bag. Why? Is there any concrete evidence on which the viewer can base such assumptions, besides the subject's age? The same goes for the image with the flowers. Who is to say the boy is not merely lowering the blossoms so he can fully appreciate their scent, rather than ripping them down in an act of supposedly characteristic vandalism.
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