Criminal photographers come to the documentary network/ a historical account of a profession – Mehr news agency Iran and world’s news
According to Mehr News Agency, citing the public relations of Documentary Network, the documentary “Criminal Photography” produced and directed by Jamshid Raofi is a new production of Documentary Network about the history of criminal photography, which will be broadcast for the first time on Tuesday, July 21 at 9:00 PM.
Referring to the subject of this documentary, Reofi said: The documentary “Criminal Photography” is about the history of criminal photography; A branch of crime scene photography. In this documentary, while reviewing the history of this issue, we have examined its ups and downs from the Qajar period until today.
He continued: As you know, photography entered Iran from the Qajar period, and a few years later, as it became more widespread, photography of prisoners and later crime scenes in the office. supplies It becomes common. This method of photography, disciplines different Also, it is interesting to know that in that period, to photograph criminals and prisoners, they were taken to Antoine’s photography studio in Lalezar, and it was not possible to take photographs in prisons.
This documentary maker explained about choosing this subject for filmmaking: The history of making this documentary goes back to the 1380s. At that time, I gave a design to Naji Art, but it was not accepted. From 1390 and 1391, I became interested in this topic again and gained more new information through extensive research. On the other hand, I am very interested in historical documentation and I like to explore the historical aspects of subjects that are less seen.
Director of the documentary “Criminal Photography” about production form The film itself said: This documentary is a research and we worked mostly on its research aspects. Of course, archival images and historical sources have also been used. In this work, we invited a number of old police photographers and crime scene investigation department whose job is to photograph the crime scene to be in front of our camera. Sitting and talk about their work. We also went to a group of news photographers who worked for the events page of the newspapers and talked to them about the relationship between criminal photographs and its effect We talked about attracting readers in newspapers; Along with these interviews, the history of crime scene photography is also using Nrishan Is introduced.
He said about the research process of this work: The research and research of this documentary took more than 4 years. In addition, I must say that there are very few sources on this topic. I wish institutions like the police, prisons and courts would cooperate better so that a better effect would be produced.
In response to a question about how he found the interviewees, Raofi said: Before the production of the film began, we gave a copy of the script to Naji Hanar. After reading this script, they became very interested to participate in its production. A large number of people who were introduced to us were good friends of the Social Intelligence Police Department and the saviors of art.
He emphasized: the production process of this documentary Therefore It took a long time for some reasons; We started the work in the summer of 1398 and it was completed in 1400. The main reason for this was the Corona epidemic, which made the production process difficult. Also, administrative restrictions were another obstacle to the production of this documentary. This documentary was edited in 2 versions and I think the second version has a better rhythm.
The documentary “Criminal Photography” will be broadcast tonight on the documentary network, and it will be repeated the next day at 15:00.