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Portrait of a Criminal

These “photographs of commitment” from the archive of the Sydney Justice and Police Museum are peculiarly expressive and charming. The vintage mug shots are full of the individuality and personalities of a various array of people who passed through Australia’s criminal justice system back in the early part of the 20th century – creating unintentional art – offering up to these fringe subjects a sliver of timelessness.