Explore the historical evolution and visual significance of this theme through the extensive archives of Luminous-Lint. By connecting rare images, scholarly research, and diverse photographic techniques, we provide a comprehensive framework for understanding how these visual narratives have shaped the medium across the 19th and 20th centuries. Dive into our networked database of over 130,000 images to discover the pivotal trends, individual masterpieces, and deep historical connections that define this field.
| Introduction |
| 1 | Introduction to crime and punishment |
| Crime |
| 2 | Alphonse Bertillon (attributed): Album of Paris Crime Scenes |
| 3 | Weegee: Books |
| 4 | Weegee: Crime |
| Wanted criminals |
| 5 | Wanted criminals |
| Courts |
| 6 | Dorothea Lange: The Defendant, Alameda County Court House in California (1955-1957) |
| Documentation |
| 7 | Anthropometric records - Alphonse Bertillon system |
| 8 | Alphonse Bertillon: Criminal Jean Greniche Killer of La Fille Wilhem, said La Chinoise |
| 9 | American mugshots |
| 10 | Description of Prisoners Received at the California State Prison, May 1909-December 1914 |
| Punishment |
| 11 | Alexander Doussin Dubreuil: Ireland: The Repeal Martyrs (1842-1845) |
| 12 | Unidentified photographer: [Eight Haitian voodoo devotees found guilty in February 1864 of the murder and cannibalism of a 12-year-old child] (1864) |
| 13 | Portraits of the conspirators who assassinated Abraham Lincoln |
| 14 | Alexander Gardner: Execution of the conspirators who assassinated Abraham Lincoln (7 July 1865) |
| 15 | Greece: The Dilessi Murders (1870) |
| Photographers |
| 16 | François Aubert and others: The execution of Emperor Maximilian (19 June 1867) |
| 17 | Death Row Prisoners Hanged in Connecticut 1894-1912 |
| 18 | The execution of Ruth Synder (1929) |
| 19 | Walker Evans: Prison work gang |
| 20 | Danny Lyon: Conversations with the Dead (1971) |
| 21 | Executions |
| Fine art and crime - a blending of narratives |
| 22 | Clare Strand: Signs of a Struggle (2003) |
| 23 | Christian Patterson: Redheaded Peckerwood |
