ARTH 354 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Alphonse Bertillon, No Hiding Place, Alexandre Lacassagne
5 Mar 2018
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September 12th, 2016 arth 354 - reading: the body and the archive . Topic: mugshots, police photography and the fingerprint: official images of crime. Allan sekula: documented what he believed was social injustice, key idea from sekula: 19th century = police on the rise. Modern policing about the building of archives: socially concerned photography really about control and oppression. Film clip: the house on 92nd street (1945) Problem with photography as evidence: not often a photo of the actual crime taking place: photographs have limitations. Ernest apper: created distinct switch from portrait photography to police photography. Specula: claimed a double function in photography: a system of representation capable of functioning both honorific ally and repressively: photography can be used in honor of people (looking up), but also by looking down . Easy to photograph both angles (this is an anthropological approach to photography).
