Here’s my series of mixed media drawings of vintage mugshots.
Apparently, they were made to show their hands due to the number of people with missing digits Yikes.
I get a kick out of the thought that these people had no idea they would one day be drawn and exploited by some dude who puts fresh parmesan cheese on his SpaghettiOs.
Have you seen sites and papers liked “Just Busted”? How is publicizing someone’s arrest, before they’ve seen their day in court, legal? Guilty or not, you never stop being the person who was suspected of disturbing the peace in a bathhouse or fencing wooden teeth. You can’t un-ring that bell.
Check out my Pinterest board for many more vintage mugshots.
Here’s a Greg Dulli playlist to listen to while you wait for the public defender. On a contraband phone.
Lots of mass produced merchandise featuring the likenesses of dead people with no say in whether or not they’re on a phone wallet now available at Redbubble.
