Yeah, and depending on how I view the images (like, see them as a sign of the artist's mindset or just look on in confusion), that changes my reaction, but they aren't repulsive in themselves.

Hm...I am a sucker for composition. Formal aspects of an image. I like images to have more than that, but I rarely like an image that doesn't have great composition. Bright or dark colors; contrast. Attention to tone/mood/atmosphere. Distortion or strange perspective. Subject matter of some degree of intellectual/imaginative/abstract interest (like shadows, figures, mysterious things, comments more on perception, rhythm, meaning, thought, psychology, etc. preferable to social commentary) is best. Subject matter of compelling human interest (like starvation) is also, well, compelling.