…of the Justice & Police Museum
Posted in Archive Gallery, Negative Archive on Oct 9th, 2009
The Justice and Police Museum’s photography archive was the subject of a couple of exciting public events held in September. Caught on camera: Sydney’s criminal underbelly, in association with History Week 2009, gave three unique perspectives on the photographs in the archive.
Head Curator, Caleb Williams spoke about the layered process of reconstruction that is required [...]
Posted in Femme Fatale, Negative Archive, mug shots on Aug 26th, 2009
Prisoner identification photographs make up many of the earliest negatives in the collection. Photographed in various institutions across New South Wales the negatives usually record a full frontal and profile view of the prisoner.
Assistant Curator Nerida Campbell’s current research centers on retelling the stories surrounding women convicted on a range of offences who served time [...]
Posted in Loft Project, Negative Archive on Jun 26th, 2009
In 1990 a forgotten police photographic archive was discovered in the flooded basement of a suburban Sydney warehouse. An estimated four tons of negatives in glass plate and cellulose based formats were rescued and dried out by conservators and others. The negatives were transferred to the Museum’s loft for safe-keeping and in 2006 managerial responsibility [...]