peoples faces, mug shots

I love how everyone looks different... I've always liked portrait photography because I think expressions and certain emotions shown through photography make a good photograph. It is detailed portrait shots I like, that show a hint of emotion through them, with high quality and character. Then again, something about mugshots, the thug really comes out in some, the little card with identification typed onto it, the facial expressions different in each one, the scrappy-ness of them?

A mug shot, or booking photograph, is a photographic portrait taken after one is arrested The purpose of the mug shot is to allow law enforcement to have a photographic record of the arrested individual to allow for identification by victims and investigators. Most mug shots are two-part, with one side-view photo, and one front-view. A rogues gallery (or rogues' gallery) is a police collection of pictures or photographs of criminals and suspects kept for identification purposes. The term is also used figuratively by extension for any group of shady characters or the line-up of 'mugshot' photographs that might be displayed in the halls of a dormitory or workplace.



I like how the accused would have to hold a card with name, date and other relevant information on it, unfortunately that has been recently gotten rid of because of upgrades in technology.

Mug also can mean a small photo of your face that can be used for other purposes.

What I like about mug shots, is that it is such a simple idea to retract information that is reliable and honest. The genetic make up of someone is something that is tricky to avoid, with a card held up in front of them with their name and date, it's all you really need to know. I definitely prefer the old mug shots, to the newer ones. The quality of them and the card with the information on them is what makes a real mug shot.





Sinatra and Mickey Rourke.

Whoever is being mugshot always tends to look a little off colour as well?

They aren't rehearsed.