All of the images shown here are taken at scenes of minor crimes and never crimes against life. The creation of these photos excludes any fictional elements.
I have been involved in real forensics; trying to learn and do the job of a forensic technician. The setting and technical parameters of my images are in line with the methodology that allows a photograph to become material evidence. The research and the logic of their creation follows exactly the thinking and the eyes of police professionals working at the crime scene. I was able to participate as an observer at the Police Education Training Centre’s Crime Technician photography practice in order to be aware of the crime scene technicians’ studies from the photography image-making aspects and working methods, so that I could adhere to these as well. My NDA allowed me to review years of police photo archives. I needed the latter to familiarize myself with the aesthetics of the realized documents. My series is basically built on these two foundations. By learning and mastering an objective and precise image capturing method, the photograph can be reconstructed as a document.
The 304-page photobook dummy above contains 133 photographs. I wrote the introductory text myself, while the study at the end of the volume was written by Dr. Mónika Nogel, Scientific Director of the Doctoral School and Principal Researcher at the Department of Criminology and Forensic Science at Széchenyi István University in Győr, Hungary. She holds a law degree and a PhD in Criminal Sciences, and she has also earned a European Union Data Protection Consultant diploma. In addition, she holds a habilitation from the University of Pécs in Health Sciences.
The back cover of the book features a recommendation from Dr. habil János Sugár DLA, who was my supervisor at the Doctoral School of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, where my research focused mainly on criminal photography. The creative concept of the book design are created by Zalán Péter Salát, designer, graphic artist, and independent art director, his book designs won the German Design Award Gold in both 2015 and 2017.
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