Joel David Kaplan, Photographer convicted for murder Portraits of Bonnie Sharie, actresses, reportages
New York, 1955-1957
Fourteen vintage silver prints, various sizes, from 18x24 to 30x40 cm, photographer's stamp on verso Joel David Kaplan, was a New York photographer then businessman and nephew of Molasses Tycoon Jacob M. Kaplan, whose J.M. Kaplan Fund was named in a 1964 congressional investigation as a conduit for CIA money for Latin America. Joel David Kaplan was convicted in 1962 for the Mexico City murder of his New York business partner, Louis Vidal Jr. Kaplan claimed at the trial that Vidal, who had been involved in narcotics and gunrunning, had constructed an
elaborate plot to disappear. The murder victim, Kaplan maintained, was not even Vidal, and indeed, serious doubts
were raised about the body's identity. Kaplan escaped from his Mexican Jail in August 1971, accompanied by Carlos Antonio Contreras Castro, a Venezuelan counterfeiter. Most of the 136 guards at Mexico City's Santa Maria Acatitla prison were watching a movie with the prisoners when a Bell helicopter, similar in color to the Mexican attorney general's, suddenly clattered into the prison yard. Some of the guards on duty presented arms, supposing that the helicopter had brought an unexpected official visitor. The final escape plans - Kaplan had prepared many plans which all failed during the years - had apparently been completed the day before when an American man visited Cell No. 10 and looked over the prison yard. He was accompanied by both men's wives. (Kaplan had married a Mexican woman-the only way he could have visitors, he
said-without bothering to divorce New York Model Bonnie Sharie.) After the escape, Kaplan and Castro switched to a small Cessna at a nearby airfield and were flown to La Pesca airport near the Texas border, where two more planes awaited them. One flew Castro to Guatemala; the other flew Kaplan to Texas and then on to California. Kaplan used his own name when he passed U.S. customs at Brownsville. Both the helicopter, which was later found abandoned, and the Cessna had been bought in the U.S., at an estimated cost of $100,000. At week's end neither man had been caught. Kaplan's Mexican attorney declared that his client was a CIA agent and that the rescue had been engineered by the agency. The jail break was so notorious it was even featured in the Charles Bronson film Breakout and became the subject of examinations of conspiracy theories. Kaplan died in Miami in 1988.
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Joel David Kaplan, Photographer convicted for murder Portraits of Bonnie Sharie, actresses, reportages
New York, 1955-1957
Fourteen vintage silver prints, various sizes, from 18x24 to 30x40 cm, photographer's stamp on verso Joel David Kaplan, was a New York photographer then businessman and nephew of Molasses Tycoon Jacob M. Kaplan, whose J.M. Kaplan Fund was named in a 1964 congressional investigation as a conduit for CIA money for Latin America. Joel David Kaplan was convicted in 1962 for the Mexico City murder of his New York business partner, Louis Vidal Jr. Kaplan claimed at the trial that Vidal, who had been involved in narcotics and gunrunning, had constructed an
elaborate plot to disappear. The murder victim, Kaplan maintained, was not even Vidal, and indeed, serious doubts
were raised about the body's identity. Kaplan escaped from his Mexican Jail in August 1971, accompanied by Carlos Antonio Contreras Castro, a Venezuelan counterfeiter. Most of the 136 guards at Mexico City's Santa Maria Acatitla prison were watching a movie with the prisoners when a Bell helicopter, similar in color to the Mexican attorney general's, suddenly clattered into the prison yard. Some of the guards on duty presented arms, supposing that the helicopter had brought an unexpected official visitor. The final escape plans - Kaplan had prepared many plans which all failed during the years - had apparently been completed the day before when an American man visited Cell No. 10 and looked over the prison yard. He was accompanied by both men's wives. (Kaplan had married a Mexican woman-the only way he could have visitors, he
said-without bothering to divorce New York Model Bonnie Sharie.) After the escape, Kaplan and Castro switched to a small Cessna at a nearby airfield and were flown to La Pesca airport near the Texas border, where two more planes awaited them. One flew Castro to Guatemala; the other flew Kaplan to Texas and then on to California. Kaplan used his own name when he passed U.S. customs at Brownsville. Both the helicopter, which was later found abandoned, and the Cessna had been bought in the U.S., at an estimated cost of $100,000. At week's end neither man had been caught. Kaplan's Mexican attorney declared that his client was a CIA agent and that the rescue had been engineered by the agency. The jail break was so notorious it was even featured in the Charles Bronson film Breakout and became the subject of examinations of conspiracy theories. Kaplan died in Miami in 1988.
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The idea for this catalog arose from the patient study of a group of 11 small contact prints that stubbornly resisted analysis.
These tiny silver gelatin prints were discovered 15 years ago in a famous New York flea market by a well-known dealer, Lennicher, known as Lenny. Even then, Lenny insisted that these were important works, created by a very famous photographer, although he had forgotten the name. Despite their small size, he was asking a considerable sum for them.
The images depict an abandoned warehouse, focusing on details that look like clues in a photographic investigation: keys hanging from a wooden plank, wear marks on the floor, abandoned shoes and an old radiator. For years, we'd been trying to work out whether these elements corresponded to a famous criminal case, but they didn't, not at all.
In fact, in 1959, the famous Fortune magazine commissioned photojournalist Ralph Steiner to document the story of a very successful American company, the Bissell vacuum cleaner factory. Steiner decided to tell the American success story, starting with the first vacuum cleaner factory in Michigan, circa 1880. In 1959, the building still exists, though it's no longer in use, and Steiner chose to use the aesthetic of an FBI detective or photographer to conduct his investigation.
This means that over a period of around a century, from 1860 to 1960, the development of scientific police photography to solve mysteries, conduct investigations and identify criminals also created a distinct aesthetic category within the history of photography.
It is with this in mind that we present the 127 photographs selected for this catalog.
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L'idée de ce catalogue est née de l'étude patiente d'un groupe de 11 petits tirages contact qui résistaient obstinément à l’analyse.
Ces minuscules tirages à la gélatine argentique ont été découverts il y a 15 ans dans un célèbre marché aux puces de New York par un marchand bien connu, Lennicher, connu sous le nom de Lenny. Déjà à l'époque, Lenny insistait sur le fait qu'il s'agissait d'œuvres importantes et qu'elles avaient été créées par un photographe très célèbre, bien qu'il en ait oublié le nom. le nom. Malgré leur petite taille, il en demandait une somme considérable. pour ces images.
Les images représentent un entrepôt abandonné, en se concentrant sur des détails qui semblent être des indices dans une photographie. sur des détails qui ressemblent à des indices dans une enquête photographique : clés accrochées à une planche de bois, traces d'usure sur le sol, chaussures chaussures abandonnées et un vieux radiateur. Pendant des années, nous avons cherché à savoir si ces éléments correspondaient à une célèbre affaire criminelle, mais ce n'était pas le cas, pas du tout.
En fait, en 1959, le célèbre magazine Fortune a chargé le photojournaliste Ralph Steiner de documenter l'histoire d'une entreprise américaine très prospère, l'usine d'aspirateurs Bissell. Steiner a décidé de raconter l'histoire de la réussite américaine en commençant par la première usine d'aspirateurs dans le Michigan vers 1880. En 1959, le bâtiment existe toujours, bien qu'il ne soit plus utilisé, et Steiner a choisi d'utiliser l'esthétique d'un détective ou d'un photographe du FBI pour mener son enquête.
Cela signifie que sur une période d'environ un siècle, de 1860 à 1960, le développement de la photographie policière scientifique pour résoudre des mystères, mener des enquêtes et identifier des criminels a également créé une catégorie esthétique distincte au sein de l'histoire de la photographie.
C'est dans cette perspective que nous souhaitons présenter les 127 photographies sélectionnées dans ce catalogue.
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