Ken CHAMBERLAIN (20th century) - Lot 150

Ken CHAMBERLAIN (20th century) Crime scene, Columbus Police Department, USA, circa 1960 2 vintage silver prints Stamps on back Dimensions: 28 x 35 cm Note: A set of documentary photographs taken in a police context in the USA around 1960, illustrating a crime scene in Columbus. This type of image, produced for archival or investigative purposes, is part of a utilitarian practice of photography, now being reconsidered for its historical and aesthetic value. The large-format silver prints from the period retain a strong documentary dimension, reinforced by the presence of stamps on the back attesting to their institutional or administrative use. These documents will be of particular interest to collectors who are sensitive to vernacular or legal photography, or to American visual archives of the mid-twentieth century.