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Bodies of evidence, approx. 1910.
Unidentified photographer, gelatin silver print.
Thirty-seven instruments of various kinds (keys, pliers, files, hacksaws…) seized from a hotel thief are here photographed. This criminal repeatedly arrested in the first decade of the Twentieth century, each time provided false generalities declaring himself Italian, French, Spanish and Cuban.
Starting from the end of the Nineteenth century the application of judicial photography materializes into actual archives of people’s identity where next to mug shots are frequently added images of bodies of evidence and crime scenes.