Click Boom Flash: New Podcast Episode “Photos and Forensics”

Evidence, Lighting and Filters: Forensic photographers belong to the group of scientific photographers.

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For these, the focus is not just on documenting the evidence. Forensic technicians, including trained photographers, use sophisticated methods such as multispectral photography to uncover evidence hidden from the naked eye. The techniques used, for example, use UV light and special filters to help identify and document marks on surfaces that would otherwise be invisible.

But how did people deal with forensics and the resulting images in analog times? Forensic work for civil servants has changed significantly over the past few decades. Robert Kubenk, head of the expert group for forensic media technology at the Lower Saxony State Criminal Police Office, tells us how things worked in the early 1980s compared to everyday working life today.

Scientific photography is very different from regular training in a photo studio. Kubenk revealed in an interview what the requirements should be for those interested in this profession.

A new episode of C’t Photographie magazine’s podcast, Click Boom Flash, appears every other Sunday at 9am. You can find it in all the major podcast directories. Listen Now: With apple podcasts, spotify or the like rss feed In the podcast app of your choice.

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