The Despicables: Acts of Survival
The Despicables is a series that transforms historic mugshots into modern testimonies of hardship. The faces of petty criminals are repositioned into portraits of those whose crimes were simply an act of survival.
Alfred Wilkinson - Arrested for False Pretense (1903) 30x30" - Oil on Canvas Reference - Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
John Grant - Arrested for Larceny (1904) 30x30" - Oil on Canvas Reference - Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
William Glendinning - Arrested for Theft (1915) 24x24" - Oil on Canvas Reference - Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
William Townsley - Arrested for Stealing Jewellery (1903) 30x30" - Oil on Canvas Reference - Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
John Walker - Arrested for False Pretenses (1904) 24x24" - Oil on Canvas Reference - Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
George Fay - Arrested for Stealing (1915) 24x24" - Oil on Canvas Reference - Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Rolf Halversen - Arrested for Stealing Money (1914) 24x24" - Oil on Canvas Reference - Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
John Stewart - Arrested for Stealing Poultry (1914) 24x24" - Oil on Canvas Reference - Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums