MUGSHOTS is a collectible art series reimagining recognizable figures from history, politics, entertainment, folklore, animation and pop culture through the visual language of gritty police booking photography. Every piece is presented as an artifact from a fictional alternate universe, complete with its own booking number, date, placard and original story. Presidents stand beside emperors. Billionaires share the wall with cartoon legends. Heroes get booked next to villains. Nobody gets special treatment. The recurring gold crown represents the central idea behind the collection: You can rule an empire, run a country, save the world or become a legend — but everybody looks equal in front of the height chart. No two records are supposed to be identical. Every booking number, date, expression, wardrobe and story contributes to the larger fictional archive. This is not history. This is not evidence. This is MUGSHOTS.

Satirical fictional artwork