Brilliant photographer Arleen Hodge shared a link to a great collection of crime scene photos from New York City. Press photographer Marc Hermann puts these together using the NY Daily News archive and contemporary scenes. I think it ties in to what we’re doing in class, as we look at early America from a 21st century perspective.
About raptnrent: I got the name from my keys - R Apt and R Ent for the back door to my apartment and the back door to the house. I liked that they were also words: Rapt, meaning enthralled, riveted, captivated, and Rent, meaning torn asunder, violently wrenched. I thought it made for an interesting juxtaposition, open to all kinds of interpretations.