Evidence: NYPD Crime Scene Photographs: 1914-1918

Evidence: NYPD Crime Scene Photographs: 1914-1918

In Evidence, Luc Sante, the author of Low Life, offers an eerie, insider's visit to the scene of the crime. This collection of rarely seen evidence photographs, taken by the New York City Police Department between 1914 and 1918, presents startling images, some brutal, some poetic and all possessed of a strange and spectral beauty. In his introduction, Sante explains his attraction to this murderous gallery: "Here was a true record of the texture and grain of a lost New York, laid bare by the circumstances of murder. Lives stopped by razor or bullet were frozen by a flash of powder......
Country USA
Manufacturer Barnes & Noble
Binding Hardcover
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780760784136
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

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