Comments on: Least Wanted: A Century of Mugshots

Least Wanted: A Century of Mugshots

grapefruitmoon — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:37:08 -0800

Least Wanted: A Century of Mugshots is a collection of authentic mugshots put together by Mark Michaelson. [via AT:NY]

By: Dizzy

Dizzy — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:44:48 -0800

Fascinating. Whether line-up or meet-up, I can't take my eyes off people. Thanks, g-moon.

By: potsmokinghippieoverlord

potsmokinghippieoverlord — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:49:45 -0800

Is there room for one more?

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:53:33 -0800

They won't get much info outta Lieselotta .

By: puke & cry

puke & cry — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:55:35 -0800

I'm pretty sure she was a Carmen Sandiego villain.

By: Dizzy

Dizzy — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:55:52 -0800

Lover her on "Tigerlily".

By: Rhomboid

Rhomboid — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:11:16 -0800

Not mugshot thread is complete without Patrick Tribett, the gold paint huffing guy whose pic became a whole meme on Fark.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:23:22 -0800

An earlier post about this guy's terrific collection.

By: machaus

machaus — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:27:11 -0800

They make great images for rasterbation.

By: Dizzy

Dizzy — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:33:53 -0800

(I'll take "Loved her..." for fifty, Sigmund.)

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 06:32:53 -0800

This is awesome. The lineups in particular.

By: cenoxo

cenoxo — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 07:56:47 -0800

There but for the grace of God go we all. More about physiognomic fallacies in the Crime Library article The Born Criminal:

...the mysterious connection between crime and physiology persisted. Cesare Lombroso, (1835-1909) was the next researcher to build upon the theories of Gall. Lombroso was an Italian physician who performed hundreds of post mortem examinations on criminals during the late 19th century. He noticed that many of these criminals shared some of the same physical characteristics. Lombroso compiled a list of these characteristics which included receding hairline, forehead wrinkles, bumpy face, broad noses, fleshy lips, sloping shoulders, long arms and pointy fingers. Lombroso associated these stigmata with primitive man.

OTOH, does crime truly have an ugly face?

By: beccaj

beccaj — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:01:44 -0800

I have poured over these several times on his flickr account. They are so heartbreaking to me. To see these immigrants, boys and women and just imagine what thier lives were like and what the legal system was like for them. There were a few I would love to have up on my wall.

By: smallerdemon

smallerdemon — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:45:40 -0800

These are pretty fascinating. Although, this hair (and I'm guessing from weapons-grade's post that she's the photographer) reminded me of this hair, and I wondered what would happen if they had children. (Snagged those This Island Earth images from DVD Beaver.)