Knowra Forensic photography Forensic photography Forensic photography uses photographs to document scenes, objects, and injuries for investigation and legal proceedings. It preserves visual details in a form that can be examined and presented as evidence.
Crime scene photography : The systematic photographic recording of a crime scene and its evidence. It applies forensic photography to preserve a scene’s overall layout and individual details.
Forensic injury photography : The photographic documentation of injuries for clinical, investigative, or legal use. It records injury appearance, location, and change while minimizing distortion.
Murder of Kitty Genovese : The 1964 killing of Kitty Genovese in New York City, later central to debates about bystander behavior. Photographs of the scene became part of the public record and later discussions of the case.
Documentary photography : Photography intended to record people, events, or conditions as evidence or social documentation. Its narrative and interpretive aims differ from forensic photography’s evidentiary documentation.
Crime scene reconstruction : The inference of events and actions from physical evidence at a scene. Scene photographs help investigators assess spatial relationships and test proposed sequences.
Photographic scale : A reference of known size placed in an image to show an object's dimensions. A scale makes close-up evidence photographs measurable without obscuring the evidence.
Forensic entomology photography : The photographic documentation of insects and related evidence in forensic investigations. Close, well-scaled images can preserve features used to identify specimens.
Murder of Meredith Kercher : The 2007 killing of Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy, followed by a contested investigation and trials. The investigation drew scrutiny to scene documentation and the interpretation of forensic evidence.
Photojournalism : The practice of reporting news through photographs. News images communicate events to the public, while forensic images prioritize systematic evidentiary records.
Expert witness : A witness qualified to provide specialized opinions in legal proceedings. Photographic evidence may be interpreted for courts by experts in imaging or forensic disciplines.
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