33 Chilling Photos Of Vintage Crime Scenes At The Birth Of Forensic Photography
33 Chilling Photos Of Vintage Crime Scenes At The Birth Of Forensic Photography. in 1903, parisian police clerk alphonse bertillon became the first to photo document a crime scene. years earlier, he streamlined the use of mugshots, effectively revolutionizing detective work all with a camera. Known also as the anthropometric system, criminal records also kept track of a suspect's height, ear size, foot size, arm length, eye color, skin tone, and any notable marks.Metropolitan Museum of Art Before the advent of fingerprinting or criminal profiling, police departments around the world saw countless criminals slip through the cracks. That is until a French police officer named Alphonse Bertillon found an innovative solution. Bertillon proffered an eponymous system in which arresting officers measured and described 11 unique physical traits of each suspect, which was to then be filed away with a photograph of their faces. The profile was so successful at keepi...