This reminds me that photographs of dead outlaws, often propped up for the
photo session, seem to have been popular in the 1800s.  We have several of
these in our collection.  I do not believe that they are identified but they
were taken by commercial photographers and I believe they were sold widely.

Investigating this rather voyeuristic trend could be an interesting project.
As I type, I'm seeing it move to dime novels, crime magazines, TV shows,
mystery stories.

Audra Oliver
Rock Springs Historical Museum


----- Original Message -----
From: "mia reinoso genoni" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: Art and Crime...


> This may be too tangential, but I recently bought a book at International
> Center for Photography in Manhattan called Crime Album Stories: Paris
> 1886-1902, by Eugenia Parry (Zurich/Berlin/NY: Scalo, 2000).  Parry found
an
> album in a Paris antique shop that had photos documenting murders
committed
> in Paris between 1886 - 1902, taken by the chief officer investigating the
> crimes.  Parry blends the facts he unearthed with her fiction and writes
the
> 25 stories contained in this book.  The work is very richly illustrated
with
> these photos.
>
> mia
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Leslie Johnston <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 10:51 AM
> Subject: Re: Art and Crime...
>
>
> > In 1997 the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art hosted an exhibition of
> > crime scene photography called "Police Pictures: The Photograph as
> > Evidence."  there's a brief description on their site at
> >
>
http://www.sfmoma.org/exhibitions/exhib_detail/97_exhib_police_pictures.html
> >
> > While it was primarily anonymous crime scene documentation, there were
> some
> > known photographers' work with a thematic relationship featured in the
> > show, which might be what you're looking for.
> >
> > Leslie
> >
> > At 11:35 AM 5/30/01 -0700, you wrote:
> > >Does anyone out there know of any good websites or publications dealing
> > >with art and crime? what I am looking for is artists who have used
crime
> > >as a theme in their work or exhibitons that may have used crime as the
> > >curatorial rationale.
> > >
> > >Any assistance would be great,
> > >
> > >Glenn Barkley
> > >Uni. of Wollongong
> > >Australia
> > >
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