Images of conviction : the construction of visual evidence

Title:

Author:

Dufour, Diane, editor.

ISBN:

9782365110839

Publication Information:

Paris, France : LE BAL / Éditions Xavier Barral, [2015]

Physical Description:

237 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

General Note:

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Images of Conviction : the Construction of Visual Evidence held at LE BAL, Paris, 4 June to 30 August, 2015; The Photographer's Gallery, London, 2 October, 2015 to 10 January, 2016; and Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, 22 May to 28 August, 2016.

Contents:

The image of truth : photographic evidence and the power of analogy / 1903: Alphonse Bertillon : metric photography of crime scenes / 1903: Rodolphe A. Reiss : traces, marks, prints : revealing details invisible to the naked eye / 1902-39: The man of the shroud : the 'first crime photograph' / 1914: War seen from above : before and after bombing / 1937-38: The great terror in the USSR : portraits of the victims of a state crime / 1945: The Nuremberg Trials : confronting the Nazis with the images of their crimes / 1985: Mengele's skull : 'the trial of the bones' / 1992: The destruction of Koreme, Iraqi Kurdistan : mapping mass graves / 2009: The Gaza book of destruction : 'a verification of building-destruction resulting from attacks by the Israeli Occupation' / 2013: A drone strike in Miranshah : investigating video-testimony / Bedouin land claims in the Negev Desert : history at the threshold of detectability / Notes on forensis

Abstract:

This book examines the way experts, researchers and historians produce images as evidence in instances of crimes or acts of violence suffered by individuals or groups.

Language:

English

Language Note:

In English, translated from French.

Subject Term:

Documentary photography -- 20th century.

Documentary photography -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.

Added Author:

Dufour, Diane,

Delage, Christian,

Added Corporate Author:

Bal (Art organization : Paris, France),

Photographers' Gallery,

Nederlands fotomuseum,

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Summary

Images of Conviction shows, through 11 cases, how the photographic image is constructed to become evidence.
From the scientific methods developed by Alphonse Bertillon, a criminologist who worked for the Pr fecture de Police de Paris in the late 19th century, to the first aerial images of the front taken by the army during World War I, to the shots allowing the victims of Stalin's Great Purge to be identified--for over 150 years photography has served as proof, testifying to crime and thus seeming to deliver truths.
In the 11 cases presented here, each one situated within its historical and political context, the question of the status of images is acutely posed. Whether it be the famous shots of the Shroud of Turin, the images of the Nuremberg trial, the skull of Josef Mengele or photos taken with cell phones recording the damage of drone strikes in Afghanistan and Israel, forensic images are now part of any police or political investigation.