Forensic Photography - Books

Alphonse Bertillon was a French criminolgist. He showed very little interest in his fathers works of anthropometry but when he joined as a junoir clerk for the Paris Perfecture of Police in the record office he realised the greatest problem was indentification. One of his father's friends, Lambert Quetelet, a Belgian stractisitician said no two persons shared exactly the same combination of physical measurements. After several years of persuasion his superiors allowed him to to set up a system that would record measurements of criminals and suspects. He documented the results, including eye colour and filed them on card.
Bertillon started using photography to catagorise his records of convicted criminals and specific identifying details. He took his interest further by using photography at crime scenes to document evidence. Later this was known as Bertillonage.

Photography requires the use of art and skills but when using photography to document evidence you need skill, intelligence and training. Forensic photogrpahy involves much more then being on the scene of the crime and taking photographs of anything and everything. The forensic photographer will understand the what, where, why and how of the process and visualise the objects of the investigation before the camera is taken out the bag.
Nothing should be touched or changed as it is important to document the evidence. As the use of photography within crime scenes and bodily injuries are most important for investigations, they can be enhanced to clarify particular information and details that were not apparent to the eyes of the crime scene officers or the medicals and examinar.
Photographing a crime scene; it is crucial for the timing to be right and the photographer should start the minute they arrive at the scene. Documenting a crime scene requires an open mind; to try and convey every possible story within the photographs. The photographer must have a idea of the scentific method so they can have an understanding of what images may be neccesary to create the whole story.

When photographing an accident, a crime scene, or evidence, it is mendatory to capture sufficient images and take specific notes to ensure that the work will tell the whole story. This documentation must be able to stand alone without oral explanation to any other time and in front of a jury. Always review your work and how you present it to ensure that everything, including "the story" is easy to decipher.
Scientific Storytelling with Photographs, from Forensic Photography The Importance of Accuracy by Sanford L. Weiss

Using the story telling from original crime scenes photographs some artist photographers duplicate the meanings in their own work. The American Surfaces photographs by Stephen Shore give a rather sinister impression. The simplicity of the images are compelling.

Forensic Photography The Importance of Accuracy by Sanford L. Weiss
Body in Question Exploring the Cutting Edge in Forensic Science by Brian Innes

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