Evidentiary Afterlives.

The article discusses the Polaroid Evidence Project (PEP), which provided police in Long Island with Polaroid cameras in the 1990s to document domestic violence. The project aimed to professionalize police work by adopting social service practices. While the images were used as evidence in domestic violence cases, the original photographs are not easily accessible to the public due to record-keeping practices. The article also explores how artists Eleanor Macnair and Laetitia Ky incorporate domestic violence imagery into their work, challenging traditional notions of evidence and expanding the aesthetic registers used to describe domestic violence. Additionally, the monograph "Legal Spectatorship: Slavery and the Visual Culture of Domestic Abuse" examines the use of photographic evidence in domestic violence cases, exploring the historical context of slavery and its impact on the visual representation of abuse. This study provides valuable insights into the role of photography in shaping perceptions of domestic violence and offers a unique perspective for those interested in the intersection of law, visual culture, and social issues. [Extracted from the article]