I hope you don’t think these photos are too macabre, but there’s something terribly poignant about seeing these ordinary domestic scenes which have been turned upside down by a tragedy or a moment of rage. Somehow the fact that the pictures are in black and white makes them more interesting, perhaps it gives them a distance from reality which you wouldn’t get if the photo were in colour. What do you think of them?

Above: Bedroom with man’s hat on bloodstained bed. Mid-1940s. Details unknown.

All images source and copyright: Images from collection held by Sydney Living Museums, Historic Houses Trust of NSW www.hht.net.au. Used with kind permission.