Research On Angela Strassheim

Angela Strassheim:
The reason I choose to have a look at Angela Strassheim is because she uses blood stain techniques to get an interesting photo. She splices together aspects of criminology and photography into a rather eerie but often very visual photo. She would take photos of places of struggle long after that initial struggle but uses a solution called "blue star" is capable of activating the physical memory of blood though its contact with remaining proteins on the wall, as seen as above with the white on the wall indicating blood.

Here we see that there has been a blood spray across the wall and has left protein in a spray like form. This indicates that there must have been a blunt force trauma to maybe the back of the victims head causing this spray.

Here we see that there have been multiple areas of impact leaving behind a blood area. This tells us that there had been multiple hits to the victim causing the blood splat areas. 

Here it looks like a knife has been used to cause the spray of of blood causing the long lines or just a single stab wound and then the victim leaning on the wall falling down leaving behind the smear down the wall.

Here we see that the victim has dragged their bloody hand across a column in the room. The door is also open which indicates that they manged to escape. 

 This photographer has influenced me get more interesting and more in depth photos. This makes me want to get images of blood that is no longer present on the scene but can be seen using some sort of chemical or light. This would probably be done by using UV lights to show where there has been any bodily fluid on the crime scene.

To summarise Angela Strassheim uses a chemical which makes blood or bodily fluids re-apprear and then proceeds to take photos of the results in black and white. She would return to crime scenes long after the murder to do this so she could get her desired photos.

Work Diary - Shoot 6

Evaluation:

In this shoot I decided to make it look like there was more of a struggle while the stabbing was happening and I also made it look like there was a struggle to stop the wound from bleeding. This shot was fairly easy because the props I needed to make it look like a struggle were already in my sisters room e.g. the broken mirror and the purse with money in it.

In this I covered a knife with fake blood and slowly stabbed though the empty t-shirt from the inside and then got my model to put it on. This made it look like the person was bleeding from there skin because of the way the blood seeped from the hole in the clothes. This made it look like a real stabbing had occurred and also added to the effect of the photo itself.

In this shoot I decided to take both close-up shots and mid level shots. This is because it shows a close-up of the wound and also shows a shot of the whole body looking limp and lifeless which adds to the affect of the photo.

Here we have the victim trying to stop the bleeding with their hand and starting to get blood on the t-shirt. This was open of the more successful shots of the shoot this was because the angle at which I took the photo and the shadow on the stab wound actually makes it look like the person was stabbed and that they were bleeding heavily. The other thing I like about this shot is the fact that the person has their hand over the wound and that is also cover in blood. I think that that adds to the effect of the image and makes it look more real. When i was editing this photo I decided to increase the shadows in the image because I think that it adds to the affect of the image and how people view the photo.

Here we can see the struggle with the broken mirror and the purse with the money in it. This images shows some of the stubble the victim underwent in the process.

Progression:
In my next shoot I want to do some more phycological images to make it more interesting. An example of this would be writing "REDRUM" on a door and seeing the reflection in the mirror or writing something in large amounts of blood on a mirror or public place. In the next shoot I want it to affect people of a phycological level and have a large impact on the way they view the photos. I think that this would be an interesting thing to do because it would have a slightly more permanent effect on the way people view things.

Here we see the "REDRUM" image from "The Shinning" which in a mirror  spells "MURDER".

Here we see someone writing "HELP ME" in blood with two hand prints .

Work Diary - Shoot 5

Evaluation:
In this shoot I left my shoe in a forest area and covered it in blood to make it look like it was a shoe worn by a murder. I made it look like it had been caught on a tree trunk at first and then slipped off and then been left with blood still on it. The other was made to look like it had started to be covered up by leaves but then abandoned due to some reason.
In the image bellow you can see that the style of photography I had decided on was mainly doing close-up of the shoe because that is the normal style of taking a photo if it is to be evidence at a crime scene. I also had the camera focused on the shoe and everything else but the shoe out of focus because the shoe is the main focus of the image because it is the piece of evidence that will be used. The light also highlight the good areas on the shoe.
I also decided to use the blood to reflect light to make the image more interesting and also to highlight the section that have the blood. I also think that the blood that is of-focus on the leaf suits it very well because it makes the image seem a lot more interesting and also gives a rather interesting contrast between the red and green of the colours.

This one I had it zoomed in on the boot itself with a some of a plant out of focus with blood on it to add to the effect it has. I also changed the saturation of the image to make it look like it was more fresh blood, this was achieved because the blood looks darker which is the normal colour for blood.

Here I decided to have my shoe partially covered up to make it look like it had been hidden but something happened before it could be fully hidden.

Progression:

The next section of this I have decided to continue with the murder type and have another crime scene murder in a new area with some more props to make it seem like there was more of a struggle going on to make it more interesting. 

Here we see a woman has been murdered in her room and has struggled to stop the bleeding and then died.

Here we see the murder has dragged the victim to the end of the bed and has slit their throat and has killed them.

Research Log

Weegee:

http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=1842

In this photo we see he has taken a photo of a dead man who it looks like has been batted over the back of the head with something and then proceeded to collapse and bleed out on the floor. This makes the photo more interesting and also because they are in black and white you can where colours end and begin.

Much of Weegees work depicted unflinchingly realistic scenes of urban life, crime, injury and death. His signature style was was created by following the city's emergency services and documenting their activity. An example of this is the image above were he would have followed the police to a murder call and then document what had happened.

Robbert Mapplethorpe:

http://www.mapplethorpe.org/exhibitions/

Here is an image taken by Mapplethorpe that kind of shows his more murderous side of photography.

Mapplethorpe is one of Americas most controversial photographers. Mapplethorpe would normally take photos of his own life that he lived, that being of a gay sexual nature and lots of Mapplethorpe's controversial photography was of gay couples and often contained nudity. Lots of Mapplethorpe's work contained and made people aware of sex, violence, race discrimination and other such things.

Alphonse Bertillon:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/visibleproofs/galleries/technologies/bertillon_image_8.html

Here we see one of the downwards shots he takes to get the full view of the murder scene with a large tri-pod.

Alphonse Bertillon was a French police officer and biometrics researcher who applied the anthropological technique of anthropometry to law enforcement creating an identification system based on physical measurements. He was also the creator of the mug shot in police work where you would take a photo of the murder suspect.

Angela Strassheim:

http://theexposureproject.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/angela-strassheims-evidence.html

Here we see one of her evidence photos with a hand stain on a wall and a half open door.

Angela Strassheim splices together aspects of criminology and photography into a rather eerie but often very visual photo. She would take photos of places of struggle long after that initial struggle but uses a solution called "blue star" is capable of activating the physical memory of blood though its contact with remaining proteins on the wall, as seen as above with the white on the wall indicating blood.

Teresa Margolles:

https://uk.pinterest.com/molaa/art-we-love-teresa-margolles/

Teresa Margolles collected a string of newspaper articles that showed murder scenes. 

In  1990, Margolles founded an artists' collective titled SEMEFO, which is an anagram for the Mexican coroner's office. Other core members of SEMEFO included Arturo Angulo and Carlos Lopez, yet the group had a loose membership. Through performance and installation-based work, SEMEFO commented on social violence and death in Mexico.

Sally Mann:

http://sallymann.com/

Here we see one of Sally Manns photos depicting a rotting corpse. 

Sally Mann took photos of crime scenes and proceed to take multiple images of crime scenes. She would take photos that exposed mot of the body and normally do them all in black and white for affect. She also took photos of dead rotting bodies that were out in different conditions as an experiment.

Frances Glessner Lee:

http://www.corinnebotz.com/Corinne_May_Botz/project_index.html

Here we see Frances Glessner Lee has set up another one of here doll crime scene depicting a murder with a possible baby because of the teddy bear.

Frances Glessner Lee is a millionaire heiress who revolutionised the study of crime scene investigation. She created "The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death" which was a series of eighteen intricately designed dollhouse style dioramas which represented a death. She had them on a scale of 1 inch to 1 foot (1:12) scale.

Jeffrey Silverthorne:

http://www.galerievu.com/series.php?id_photographe=25

Here is one of Jeffrey Silverthornes photos depicting death one of the two types of photos he is known for.

Jeffrey Silverthorne is a photographer who mainly takes photos of death and nudity. He would take photos of people in the morgue sometimes straight after death sometimes very late after and he would also take photos of people when they have had an autopsy.

Taryn Simon:

http://tarynsimon.com/works_innocents.php

Here is one of Taryn Simons photos of a victim who was arrested at this place and served time for a crime they didn't commit.

Taryn Simons took photos of people who had served time for a crime they didn't commit at the scene where they were arrested. She wanted to show that these people were innocent for the crimes they were wrongfully convicted for.

Enrique Metinides:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2013/03/11/enrique_metinides_101_tragedies_of_enrique_metinides_documents_50_years.html

Here we see one of Enriques hots of a tragedy of a woman hit and killed by a car.

Enrique Metinides is a photographer who took photos of tragedies around Mexico over a 50 year period. His photographic style was at first more tabloid photography first focusing on damaged cars but then soon after began looking at the victims and the emergency workers. Most of his photos are in black and white but some are in colour.

David Love:

http://www.thephoblographer.com/2014/01/05/photographer-recreates-famous-horror-flicks-impressive-images/#.VPgxYzrca5Q

Here are one of David Loves horror movie recreation photos.

David Love is a famous cosplay photographer who decided to take photos of horror movie characters in their most terrifying scenes. He doesn't take many photos of horror but some of the photos he takes can be seen as being either horrific or a forensic type of photo.

Danielle Tunstall:

http://www.danielletunstall.com/portfolio/

Here we see Danielle Tunstall has made up a person to look dead with a gas mask on.

Danielle Tunstall is more of a horror photographer and takes photos of images that would inspire fear into the viewer. She does a lot of photos with old gas masks on people and with people wearing hospital gas masks. These images make people think of the war and of death normally. These images are effective in doing that because they are of typical things people fear.

Joshua Hoffine:

https://joshuahoffine.wordpress.com

Here we see a typical movie cliché of a monster under a child's bed.

For lots of Joshua Hoffines work he used his daughter and made monster models to depict lots of movie clichés. His work shows the fear and horror that children have that is related to monsters and the way that they are depicted. He also does this to show that it is an irrational fear because he claims that by doing this his daughter didn't even get nightmares from these.

Emerson Quinn:

http://www.emersonquinn.com/Portfolio/Horror-Dark-Art

Emerson Quinn shows us the horror of a padded cage and the torture of a person in one.

Emerson Quinn does lots of work with dolls to show different murder scenes and different types of torture. He also shows different types of murder in different types of scenes as well to show what types of people will commit the murders.

Morgan MacDonald:

http://themurderinquestion.com/gallery.php

Here we see one of Morgan MacDonalds zombie horror photos.

Morgan MacDonald does lots of horror photos which could be viewed as being rather controversial. He has dome lots of photos that show people with wounds and lots of piercings. The images look like fairly brutal images with lots of brutal wounds.

Thomas G. Anderson:

http://horrorhomework.com/blog/2014/05/formidable-horror-photographer-thomas-g-anderson-is-making-a-film/

Here we see an image of a person in a black cloak.

Thomas G. Anderson shows images of horror images and demonic looking photos. He does some work with skulls and mirror images. All of his images look very horrific and they also seem like they are very old because they have been put into black and white and have an increased amount of noise in the image.

Danielle K.L. Anathema:

http://www.anathemaphotography.com/Art-Portfolio/The-Hunted/1/thumbs

Here we see a half zombie crawling towards the camera but the photographer has used selective colour to keep only the red and make the rest black and white.

Danielle K.L. Anathema uses models and props to create a range of interesting images that can install fear into who ever is viewing the images. She does this successfully by having the right amount of blood and gore in each of the photos. Each photo in her portfolio is different but still flows relatively the same line of image type.

Christopher McKenney:

http://www.christophermckenney.com/work

Here we see one of Christopher McKenneys photos of a bagged man drinking tea that is floating.

Christopher McKenney calls his work horror surrealist. His work is rather vague in the sense that you kind of know what is going on but yet still don't know exactly what is happening in the work. In all of his horror work you can never actually see the face of the person he is taking a photo of.

Decayed Pixels:

http://www.dirgemag.com/behind-scenes-decayed-pixels-photography/

In this Decayed Pixels used tentacles coming out of areas as a sign of death. 

Decayed Pixels is the name the photographer uses to disguises her real name. She odes a lot of horror photos and rather creepy, horrific photos that can be seen as being rather controversial. Even though her photos are controversial they still make a rather interesting image set.

Lauren Freedman:

https://www.facebook.com/lalalaurenphotography/photos_stream?ref=page_internal

Here we see a horror photo depicting a little girls tea party gone horribly wrong and turned into a bloody nightmare.

Lauren Freedman is a horror photographer who depicts rather horrific horror scenes. She does a lot of horror images mainly with females either as a victim or as the horrendous suspect.

Eolo Perfido: 

http://popcornhorror.com/eolo-perfidos-clownville/

Here is one of Eolo Perfidos clown from his Clownville portfolio. It shows a rather scary clown forcing a smile.

Eolo Perfidos does a lot about horror and clowns then he adds rather creepy make-up and places them in dark places. This makes them seem even more horrific then they already are. The reason he does this is to install fear in the viewer of his images.

Work Diary - Shoot 4

Evaluation:
In this shot I had a made-up corpse that I used in the bathroom to make it look like a murder had taken place. I took the photos at different stages of when a "SCENE OF CRIME INVESTIGATION" would have looked at the corpse and what it would look like if the person had also drowned. This was a rather entertaining shoot because I got to create my own murder scene which was rather fun to do. I was also entertaining to think of different ways in which to capture a nuder scene and also different ways in which the murder scene can be replicated.
The one that I think went the best was the shoots I did with the police tape around the door. This is because it was done using entreating camera positions which and lighting. I also took close-up photos of the tape though small areas where you could see the corpse in the background which I think created a rather interesting affect and made it seem rather mysterious and strange, almost like peering though a crack and seeing something that you shouldn't see.

Here we have a rather ominous photo of the victim in a bath tub but you can only see part of them which makes the photo ominous because you can't fully see what happened but can just about make out what has happened by the colour of the water and the wound.

Here we have the rooms door covered in police tape to show that there can be no entrance and that the  scene is off limits.

Progression:
In the next section I would like to see what some external evidence e.g. not a body but a shoe with blood dripping from it. This is because I believe that it would make a rather interesting photo. I also plan to take a photo of a shoe/boot under the pre tense that it is the murders shoe and the blood is that of the victim dripping down on to the shoe from the murder. Also the shoe will look like it has been abandoned and left in the wilderness to be broken down by the environment.
I plan on doing this by dripping blood from about stomach height onto the boot and letting it drip onto the boot. I also plan on creating a forest like area with a tree stump and taking close-up images of it. Then I plan to leave the boot outside for a period of time to allow for the weather to wear away at it for about a month and then take photos of it and have it in a later shot.

Here is an image of a shoe that could belong to either the victim or the culprit.

Here are some gloves that were used to murder someone in someway either to hid the finder prints or to strangle a person.

Straight Images - Shoot 6

Straight Images - Shoot 5