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Photos from Crime Scene (beware, sick photos)

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What was the point of such photos? There's no artistic merit to them (granted, that's just my opinion); the compositions are boring, the lighting isn't even interesting. Reminds me of a kid who just discovered how to burn ants with a magnifying glass. Sorry, you asked for comments.

Mark
Calvin said:
Date: 10/7/2002
Time: 5:xx p.m.
Victim: Stuart Little's cousin
Suspect: Human Beings
Died of: Rolled over by bikes/cars

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They really love this stuff in the Samples and Gallaries forum....
Frank Vandenberghe said:
Calvin said:
Hi Frank,

You're right that this is no art. But my intention is not to shock
people because I've warned that these are really "SICK" photos.
What I intend to do is to present the real cruel world. Nothing
more than that.
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I don't care about your intentions, Calvin.

This is simply the wrong forum.

Frank
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Michael Thomas Mitchell said:
There's an interesting book
containing actual crime photos from roughly the turn of the century
to the mid twentieth century. It includes images from the Fall
River murders (Lizzie Borden) that aren't generally published, as
well as photos from many prohibition-era crimes. Photographically,
the former are interesting from a historical perspective, marking
the earliest efforts of forensics photography. The latter are
interesting because of the manner in which they were captured.
Generally, the photographer stood atop a ladder and used an 8x10
camera.
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I may have seen that book, or one a lot like it. Many of the police photographers in the early part of the 20th and end of the 19th centuries would set up a tripod directly over the sprawled body of the crime victim. They would shoot directly downward usually using some sort of flash bulb/powder. The legs of the tripod would appear in the shot.
Member said:
As an aside, I hope that there are no complaints about your post.
It is clearly labeled what the contents will be and the viewer must
consciously click on the post to be subject to the content (as well
as wait an agonizing length of time for the barely-compressed JPG
to load). Hopefully, anyone who MIGHT be offended will excercise
their right not to be offended by not clicking on the post. As far
as any debates about art vs non-art, I hope it will not be
criticized unfairly here, as well. Clearly, just as with any "crime
scene" photo, the intent is documentarian, if one not to be taken
too seriously. Let's just leave it at that.
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I agree with you that fair warning was given and that complaints aren't really justified. However, at a glance I would guess that these photos were really presented more to shock and disgust than anything else. They don't "document" an event of any importance, just another dead rat or two. Personally, I think they are rather base and grotesque and would not have posted them myself. Someone else beat me to the analogy that they are similar to posting a photograph of an unflushed toilet. I agree. The claim that they are meant to illustrate the stark cruel reality of life in this world is a bit of a stretch in my estimation. There are more subtle and thought provoking ways to do that. These just illustrate the fact that there is real ugliness in the world, something that most of us frankly do not need or wish to be reminded of. Therefore it seems the standard reaction will be to simply recoil in disgust, not to ponder the rough-shod injustices of life trampling over the weak and helpless. That said, I agree that I could have passed over the thread but my curiousity drew me in. The price I paid was to be slightly grossed out by this rather sophomoric post.
-Kevin
 
Kbone said:
I agree with you that fair warning was given and that complaints
aren't really justified. However, at a glance I would guess that
these photos were really presented more to shock and disgust than
anything else. They don't "document" an event of any importance,
just another dead rat or two. Personally, I think they are rather
base and grotesque and would not have posted them myself.
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Agreed, the original post was pointless and sophomoric. However, a REALLY sick photo would be one of a 1D that had just been run over by a truck.

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You mean like the one Steve Mitchell posted when his 1D and 28-70/2.8 fell off the table from 4-ft high ? Split that lens right in half. Ouch!

;)
SteveB Ohio said:
Agreed, the original post was pointless and sophomoric. However,
a REALLY sick photo would be one of a 1D that had just been run
over by a truck.
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Thank you all for the comments. I think that's enough to prove that human beings are curious and cruel.

I've deleted the photos and I will never post these kinds of shots.
 
compliment about the warning. Some of us beat around the bush and some of us are more blunt-er. I've driven past road kill and - thunked - maybe I should take a picture but never did. You thunked it too - and did - and posted it and the response was less than appreciative. With that said we are looking forward to your image related question and your most excellent captures of the more mainstream variety. Don't be too bummed out by the negative comments.

Your pic was far less distastefull then the pic posted a few months ago of a used tampon in the tub - titled - alien or something to that nature. Now that was well beyond appropriate for sure.

Jimbo

http://www.pbase.com/jimkelly
 
http://www.pbase.com/image/1461324

I'm not into dead things at all! i found this dead rat in one of my barns a while ago (pre D60), i wanted to photograph it, it was to capture images from our farm. The land is no longer used and i wanted to capture this, I now have a series of work from this idea that i am pleased with, i never seem to get time to post to pbase so this is a old and small collection of my work.

Regards,

James.
 
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