Crime Scenes by Zachary Cummings

PRINTED IN ISSUE 12
PAINTINGS BY ZACHARY CUMMINGS

My most recent body of work is derived from crime scene photos used in violent cases that my mother has tried as a prosecutor. Banal, uncomposed, and indexical, crime scene photos contain the inhuman gaze of the law at the very moment it encounters real human trauma. They are the overlapping traces of criminal, victim and law enforcement presence captured in a single image.

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Overpass, oil on canvas, 16×16″

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Broken Chair, oil on canvas, 16×16″

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Four Walls a Day, oil on canvas, 72×66″

 

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Shadow, oil on canvas, 16×16″

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Backyard, oil on canvas, 96×120″

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Bathtub, oil on canvas, 38×50″

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Primary Subjects, oil on canvas, 16×20″

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Behind the Couch, oil on canvas, 16×16″

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Porch, oil on canvas, 16×16″

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Waiting Room, oil on canvas, 80×72″

 

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Between the Bed and the Wall, oil on canvas, 16×16″

 

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