1920s Police Mugshots

[soelin]

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Keith]

Those are really cool. I wonder what they were arrested for.

Their fashion sense some of them I suspect ... some wild hair styles and what appears to be a man in a tutu.

I loved them all ... Diane Arbus eat your heart out, or maybe she actually worked in Oz for while?

 

[Wayno]

Fantastic stuff. I read a while ago that a researcher had made a book out of these portraits. A couple of links below:

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/tales-of-crooks-past-20090919-fw7x.html

http://www.hht.net.au/discover/highlights/higlights/archive_gallery

 

[xxloverxx]

Beautiful photos. If it weren't for the writing on them with the subjects' details, I'd never have guessed they were mugshots…especially the first one.

 

[Keith]

And for something equally bizzare but not as artistic IMO ... http://australianmuseum.net.au/image/Death-masks-collection

 

[peterm1]

I am especially impressed buy th technical quality of the images. Very charp, no grain. Wonderful stuff.

 

[RayPA]

IIRC, there's was a book of Australian mugshots and crime scenes available (pretty sure I saw it at the museum bookstore). Also, if you like mugshots and such, check out 'Least Wanted' on Flickr. He has had a book out for a while.



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[helen.HH]

Loved them ALL...those that posed for Their Mugshots
seemed sooo Relaxed
such a Different Vibe than what we 'See' Today in Mugshots...

 

[sig]

http://www.pictureaustralia.org/app...lete1=true&attribute1=subject&term1=mug+shots

The same photos with information about who and what they were charged for

 

[Trooper]

The phrase, "They don't make them like they used to" comes to mind. It seems there was a time when good enough, well--wasn't.

 

[Freakscene]

There is a fantastic book of this kind of stuff:
http://www.amazon.com/City-Shadows-Sydney-Photographs-1912-1948/dp/1876991208

They are all contact prints from plate negatives. They look amazing - the museum is particularly interesting and open for academic study of the work. I've been there several times.

Marty

 

[benlees]

Thanks for posting these links! Really interesting! I especially like the one where the "sitter" refuses to open his eyes!

 

[Keith]

Wouldn't you just love to know the story behind this photograph!

 

[Luddite Frank]

Quite a few broken noses on those "muggs"...

 

[tapesonthefloor]

Hey, converge your eyes on this one. You'll catch a bit of a 3D effect.

 

[divewizard]

3D image

3D image

This image was taken with side by side lenses, probably to get multiple copies.

However in having side by side lenses, it is also a stereo 3D image. I took the two sides and made a 3D red-cyan anaglyph from it.

 

[Keith]

Wow ... if you do the eye cross thing on that dual image it leaps at you.

Amazing!

 

[tapesonthefloor]

Whoah, great minds, and all that.

 

[alistair.o]

Thanks for the link. Some of the scariest women I have ever seen

Al