Kind of a redundant use of two words isn't it?
However this copper was an artist!
http://www.laboiteverte.fr/portraits...s-annees-1920/
Kind of a redundant use of two words isn't it?
However this copper was an artist!
http://www.laboiteverte.fr/portraits...s-annees-1920/
thanks for this link frank ..
it amazes me how classy everyone
looked in the 1920s ...
I saw this book in Guggenheim Bilbao book shop some time ago. It was in English and short notes about folks pictured there was very interesting reading..
Thanks,
Igor.
More in terms of trying to save money, I always admired the early mug shots at the
Territorial Prison, in Yuma, AZ, USA.
Arizona didn't become a state until 1912, the last of the lower 48.
By using a mirror, they could get a face-on, and profile in one shot.
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/places/yuma.htm
This is a prime example of the Australian cultural cringe, theese are hosted in france. They are an odd lot in Australia. They should be very proud of theese.
David Cary
www.milfordguide.nz
It really makes me wonder why they were arrested. I see that "E. Falleni" has two photos, one of him wearing what I guess is some kind of work shirt, and the other of him in a three-piece suit. I wonder if even mug shots were special events, so they got themselves dressed up for it.
Some criminology archives are full of high quality images.
The reason?
-They used quality equipment (Dallmeyer 19th C records show that many of their top objectives were sold direct to prisons!).
-Frequent photographic sessions - a veritable studio atmosphere was possible.
-Careful institutional storage (in many cases) whilst Photography Studios plates have mostly got thrown out (Norsigianitis). Private prints get "thinned out" with every new generation and storage is poor.
-Subject matter required sharp and not soft images.
Great link Frank. Thanks for posting this.
These are from a book called "City of Shadows - Sydney Police Photographs 1912 - 1948" by Peter Doyle that was published back in 2005. There was an exhibition at the Police and Justice Museum at the same time. It is available on Amazon and I highly recommend it.
You can dress um up but you can't take um out.
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