Photographing the photographer
Description: Crime-scene photographs depict homicide victims, police officers, vehicles, horses, dogs, evidence, police equipment, mug shots, and fingerprints. But not often the photographer! This photo comes from a Collection of NYPD Crime Scene Photographs. It depicts a Mafia shooting in New York 1950s. For the homicide pictures, the police used special tripods with the camera suspended above the victim. The deliberation that went into taking the photos is remarkable compared to today, when hundreds of digital photos are taken at a crime scene from every possible angle. "Back then some guys shot five pictures at a job. When you were more concerned about missing something, you would take eight." (Martin Shapiro retired photgrapher NYPD)
Date: 1950s
Artist: unknown
Product type: silver gelatine print
Authentication: From a Collection of NYPD Crime Scene Photographs
Dimensions: print 20,5 cm x 24 cm
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The condition of a photograph generally, but not always, affects the overall value of the work. In early photography, condition issues are to be expected given the age of the print.
Press prints, by their nature, were handled more than fine-art prints because of their use for disseminating information, which explains why they may have more creases.