mugshots

Police booking photographs

Mugshots are photographs taken by law enforcement when someone is arrested, showing the face from the front and in profile.

The term extends to any unflattering identification photo: My driver's license photo looks like a mugshot.

Mugshot websites controversially publish arrest photos, sometimes demanding payment for removal.

criminal

booking

Advance arrangement secured

convict · felon · fugitive · warrant · perpetrator · offender · culprit · incarceration · indictment · bail

photograph

portrait

Artistic depiction of someone

profile · lighting · background · camera · flash · frame · black-and-white · grainy · dated · unflattering

identification

lineup

Ordered list of participants

fingerprinting · biometrics · DNA · verification · identity · testimony · perpetrator · doppelganger · lookalike · imposter

celebrity

tabloid

Sensationalist newspaper format

paparazzi · viral · infamous · embarrassing · public · headline · media · TMZ · downfall · notoriety

Categories
Opposites
formality and context of photography

mugshotswedding photos

Images from a marriage ceremony

selfies · family portraits · vacation photos · baby pictures · graduation photos

subject's circumstances

mugshotscelebration photos

Images documenting festive events

graduation portraits · wedding portraits · red carpet photos

photographic aesthetics

mugshotsbeauty shots

Polished promotional images

glamour photography · studio portraits · fashion photography · fine art photography · boudoir photography

Family

mugshot

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG