Images à charge: La Construction de la preuve par l'image

This isn’t a show about artists, nor even about journalists – instead, you’ll find images of scientists and the military. The photos brought together here were never meant to be exhibited ­– they were taken instead for a specific purpose, as scientific proof to substantiate legal claims in court. The show is based around eleven real life criminal cases, from the 19th century to the present day. From the first case, which examines drone attacks on the Pakistani border, Le BAL examines the troubled connections between the image and a workable version of the truth. A photograph is not infallible – which becomes abundantly clear through the displays detailing the trial of an assassin or the attempt to prove that a skull found in Brazil belonged to the Nazi officer Mengele.

Challenging, distressing and thought provoking, these hard-hitting images make viewers want to question anew all the images placed before us as evidence.