Transcript FIGURE 1.3 This Civil War photograph by

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FIGURE 1.1
This is an example of an 1840’s portable camera obscura
with an adjustable diaphragm. Photograph Courtesy of George
Eastman House. © George Eastman House.
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FIGURE 1.2
On the left is a photograph of Joseph Niépce. On the right is
the first photograph that he took in 1826. © Brian Ratty, Photo
Seminars.
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FIGURE 1.3
This Civil War photograph by Alexander Gardner was taken in 1863 and
firstreproduced as a picture of “Death Confederate Soldiers” and later reproduced
and captioned as a picture of “Death Union Soldiers.” Photograph courtesy of Library
of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number LC-B8184–7964–A.
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FIGURE 1.4
This Civil War photograph by Alexander Gardner was taken in 1863 The “Scene
Reported To Have Been Created By Posting The Body” to create the scene.
Photograph courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number LC-B8171–7942.
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FIGURE 1.5
First known advertisement for a crime scene camera in the United States.
Photograph courtesy of Lighting Powder Company.
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FIGURE 1.6
In this New York City case, there was expert testimony as to how the ghost
photographs likely were faked.
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FIGURE 1.7
Composite photographic image of the Houdon bust and the corpse of John Paul
Jones. Photo courtesy Naval Historical Center, Washington, D.C.
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FIGURE 1.8
This is an early 5-watt argon-ion laser. In the beginning, there were no metal-clad
optical cables, so the laser was either pointed directly at a diffusion lens and then onto
the laser dye-stained latent print evidence or routed by a series of mirrors. This
technique resulted in a serious safety hazard. Because forensic photographers could
not see the laser beam with safety goggles on, it was very common for them to move
their arm or hand into the laser light path, resulting in some serious burns.
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FIGURE 1.9
(left) Digital photograph of laser dye-stained latent print photographed with a Nikon
D200 DSLR. (right) The same photograph after processing in Photoshop to
convert to grayscale and then using curves to invert the tones and adjust the
contrast.
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FIGURE 1.10
A 1980s Japanese latent print peripheral camera that is still sold today in Japan.
Photograph courtesy Takehiko Nagasaki, Police Science Industry, Ltd.