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ANTHROPOMETRY & MUG SHOTS | ALPHONSE BERTILLON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 






This is adendum to my series on crime scene and forensic photography. French photographer Alphonse Bertillon is credited as the father of the mug shot. He focused on measuring and photographing physical characteristics of criminals in France at the time allowing the police departments to identify repeating offenders. It should be acknowledged that he also had a parralel interest in biometry in the interest of eugenics and racial profiling; but some of his contributions to the relationship between photography and criminology are still used today.

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