I spent about 10 years of my life living near Sing Sing prison in Ossining, NY. Maybe this is why I love Oz so much...(Apparently Oswald is based on Sing Sing.)
Notable prisoners of Sing Sing include Albert Fish, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, and some rapper named Bang 'Em Smurf (which is the only reason I mention him.)
I sort of developed this interest in prisons and mugshots. Well actually, I suppose my interest is more with the prisoners than the prisons.
Here is a collection of some of my favorite mugshots. (Most of them are my favorites because I think the subjects are good looking.)
David Bowie was my ultimate dreamboat from 1997-2003.
Patty Hearst.
In 1968, Billy Wayne Hayes was sentenced to 10 years in prison for murder. He escaped in 1972 and had been missing for 34 years, until 2006.
Valerie Low, 1922. It's really interesting to see how long it took the prison system to come to come up with a consistent pattern of how to take mugshots. I think this is just a beautiful mug shot of her.
and to conclude, I want this book.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
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