Dark Archive: The Afterlife of Forensic Photographs

Biber, K

Dark Archive: The Afterlife of Forensic Photographs

Biber, K

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Publisher:: Routledge
Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: Photography and Ontology: Unsettling Images, 2019, pp. 41 - 55
Issue Date:: 2019

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dc.contributor.author	Biber, K https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2189-3157	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Brett, DW	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Lusty, N	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-05-25T19:03:01Z
dc.date.issued	2019	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Photography and Ontology: Unsettling Images, 2019, pp. 41 - 55	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	0815374291	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9780815374299	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/129175
dc.description.abstract	This chapter explores what happens to old police photographs. When taken, these photographs capture the aftermath of a crime and are intended to have an evidentiary purpose. After the conclusion of proceedings, or the closure of the police file, these images sometimes acquire new value, separate from their role in a criminal investigation. Drawing upon the work of Luc Sante and Peter Doyle, this chapter seeks to understand what is forensic about forensic photographs and what else they might contain. It examines the effects of exhibiting police photographs in the cultural sphere, in their afterlife, exposing the aesthetic and affective attributes of evidentiary photography.	en_US
dc.publisher	Routledge	en_US
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dc.relation.ispartof	Photography and Ontology: Unsettling Images	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351187756	en_us
dc.rights	This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Photography and Ontology: Unsettling Images, 2019, pp. 41 - 55. Copyright Routledge, available online at: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351187756.	en_US
dc.title	Dark Archive: The Afterlife of Forensic Photographs	en_US
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Abstract:

This chapter explores what happens to old police photographs. When taken, these photographs capture the aftermath of a crime and are intended to have an evidentiary purpose. After the conclusion of proceedings, or the closure of the police file, these images sometimes acquire new value, separate from their role in a criminal investigation. Drawing upon the work of Luc Sante and Peter Doyle, this chapter seeks to understand what is forensic about forensic photographs and what else they might contain. It examines the effects of exhibiting police photographs in the cultural sphere, in their afterlife, exposing the aesthetic and affective attributes of evidentiary photography.

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