Crime Scene Investigation
Currently on exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York, Leonard Freed’s project “Police Work” documented life as a New York City police officer in the 1970s, from the chaos of crime, to the monotony of the police station, to the normalcy of everyday life. NEW YORK CITY—In the police headquarters’ photo identification sector. This machine makes a composite photo from various human head characteristics, 1975.
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Book of the Week RFK Funeral Train by Paul Fusco Thirty-nine years ago this week in Los Angeles, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. A funeral train carried his body from New York City to Washington, D.C. In RFK Funeral Train, Paul Fusco documents the funeral train procession. Despite the hot weather, hundreds of thousands of people stood along the train tracks waiting to pay their respects. | Join the Fray © Marilyn Silverstone / Magnum Photos What do you think of these photos? Join the Fray, our reader discussion forum. Taking pictures is like fishing or writing. It's getting out of the unknown that which resists and refuses to come to light. Jean Gaumy |