FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN TATTOOS AND HISTORY
PAY ATTENTION
FUEL IS CURRENTLY PRESENTING A PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
IN LONDON AT THE GRIMALDI GAVIN GALLERY
RUSSIAN CRIMINAL TATTOO POLICE FILES IS A SELECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS
GATHERED BY ARKADY BRONNIOV BETWEEN 1960's AND 1980's.
GATHERED BY ARKADY BRONNIOV BETWEEN 1960's AND 1980's.
AS A SENIOR EXPERT IN CRIMINALISTICS AT THE USSR MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS
FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, BRONNIKOV CAN BE REGARDED AS
RUSSIA'S LEADING EXPERT ON TATTOO ICONOGRAPHY.
FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, BRONNIKOV CAN BE REGARDED AS
RUSSIA'S LEADING EXPERT ON TATTOO ICONOGRAPHY.
HE VISITED CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE URAL
AND SIBERA REGIONS WHERE HE INTERVIEWED AND DOCUMENTED
IMAGES OF CONVICTS AND THEIR BODY ART, GOING ON TO BUILD
ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE ARCHIVES OF THIS CATEGORY.
AND SIBERA REGIONS WHERE HE INTERVIEWED AND DOCUMENTED
IMAGES OF CONVICTS AND THEIR BODY ART, GOING ON TO BUILD
ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE ARCHIVES OF THIS CATEGORY.
HE REGULARLY HELPED SOLVE CRIMINAL CASES ACROSS RUSSIA, EXCLUSIVELY GRANTING THE COLLECTION FOR POLICE USE TO AID THE IDENTIFICATION OF CULPRITS AND CORPSES.
HIS PHOTOGRAPHS OF NAMELESS FIGURES PRESENT A VISCERAL
REPRESENTATION OF CRIMINAL SOCIETY; THEIR BODIES ILLUSTRATE AN UNOFFICIAL
PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF THEIR HISTORY, IMBUED IN SYMBOLISM AND METAPHOR.
REPRESENTATION OF CRIMINAL SOCIETY; THEIR BODIES ILLUSTRATE AN UNOFFICIAL
PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF THEIR HISTORY, IMBUED IN SYMBOLISM AND METAPHOR.
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