The content and form of photography is the appearance of objects. Information texture has been used in the photographs. The texture is being used in drawing for more detail and attraction by the viewers to the photograph and thus informative. The photo viewer is supposed to visualize the photographs and grab information out of them. It is a psychiatric photography and criminal capturing photography (Jäger, 2014). The art used is undeniable and unquestionable. The objects, props are all real and have a photographic realism. Composite portraits have both been used in Dr. Diamond photographic methods and the photographs and mug shots used in Bertillion’s cards.
The reasons for the subjects being photographed; refer to the John Tagg reading
The camera was considered as an important tool of the trade. The subjects were being photographed to increase the trust levels in them. In turn, the safety of their souls could be read thus depicting the progress they are having thus acting as a way of treatment. The photographs were clinical and could boost the esteem of the subjects who were mostly insane female patients. The subjects were being photographed to help them by documenting their details in their photographs. The average illness, criminality, profession, and race can easily be identified.
The purpose of the photographs
The photography is ranked among the best photography in the early British photography. It has been the father of photography and a founder of the photographic society. It has greatly contributed to the healing of the psychiatric patients (Frederick, 2001). They were used to observe the law and capture criminals. The photographs major purpose was to depict the insanity physiognomy. The photographs act as a treatment for insane female patients. The photographs were used to present patients’ images for their own study. They could build trust between the patient and his doctor by allowing their photographs taken. A lot of trust between the patients and the doctor was achieved. The photographs led to the safety of the soul since they could capture the sunshine or passing storm of the soul thus enabling the philosophy researchers of the human mind to detect the connection between the visible and invisible.
Works Cited
Jäger, J. (2014). Photography: a means of surveillance? Judicial photography, 1850 to 1900. Crime, Histoire & Sociétés/Crime, History & Societies, 5(1), 27-51.
Mouat, Frederic John. "Notes on M. Bertillon's Discourse on the Anthropometric Measurement of Criminals." The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 20 (2001): 182-198.
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