These images captured on early security cameras throughout the 1970s, 80s & 90s unintentionally make each frame look like it’s from a heist film.
The graininess, lack of focus, and clarity of these images have given each one a certain energy.
It also captures the style of those brazen enough to try and rob a bank. Many of them were dressed up like everyday office workers, accountants, or any style of working-class folk in the bank’s area. This made hiding in plain sight much easier. Even after robbing the bank.
It’s hard to imagine a time when someone could rob a bank and simply disappear because there was no technology to track where they went or how they carried out the crime.
The world was so vastly different from today, when we have CCTV cameras on nearly every corner, geolocation, credit card records, and cell phone tracking that can all leave a trail.
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