Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Modern Celebrity PhotosTransformed Into Vintage 1920′s Mugshots

Michael Jason Enriquez imagined modern day celebrities under the lights of early 19th century police bookings. 
"…Our current mugshots of the rich and famous are plastered with every article, and blog these days, but look uninspired and cheap.  That’s why I wanted to bring our celebrity mugshots back to a time when love and care was taken to compose a more artful mugshot – back to the 1920′s…
…We’re so used to seeing celebrity faces on our tv, on blogs, and we even know what their mugshots look like. The tacky looking mugshots we have today are in stark contrast to the mugshots taken in the 1920’s. Vintage mugshots have an eerie beauty to them that’s lost in current mugshot photography…"



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