The 50 Best Celebrity Mugshots, Hot and Famous Mugshots (of all time)

Mugshots were invented by French criminologist Alphonse Bertillon in 1888, shown here in a self portrait in the mugshot photography template he created. Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York What is a mugshot? Mugshots are police photographs of a person after arrest for a crime. They are used by law enforcement to create a photographic record of individuals to aid in identification by investigators, criminal victims and the public at large. Photographing criminals began in the 1840’s, shortly after the invention of photography. French criminologistAlphonse Bertillonstandardized the mug shot photography process of criminal identification in 1888 into what is commonplace today. French criminologist Alphonse Bertillon (left) created the mugshot system of criminal identification that police still use today. Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Themugshotstandard is a two-part image combining a photograph from the front with a side view. The photographs are typically...