A mugshot, the picture taken after an arrest, is a photo designed to tell the state’s side of a story. The subject of the photo,…
“A mugshot, the picture taken after an arrest, is a photo designed to tell the state’s side of a story. The subject of the photo, taken at one of the lowest points in their life, has no voice, but the language of the form—the unflattering bright light, the drab background, the name and prisoner ID at the bottom—tells us we are looking at a “criminal.””