Saturday 22 July 2006

Forensic Art

Image from the cover of Forensic Art and Illustration by Karen T. Taylor (2000)
No, this isn't the latest Damien Hirst. It's something for more useful. Think CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The UK now his its own forensic art team. Dr Caroline Wilkinson is the facial anthropologist, Caroline Needham the artist. Click the title link to read a BBC article about their work. The image shown is taken from the cover of Forensic Art and Illustration by Karen T. Taylor, who worked for 18 years as a forensic artist at the Texas Department of Public Safety in Austin. She also freelanced for Madame Tussaud's! The importance of her forensic art was recognized when she was named as one of the "Texas Women of the Century". Click here to read an excellent review of Karen's book.

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