Evidence

Domestic gun violence is one of the most pervasive and underexamined forms of firearm-related harm, unfolding largely out of public view yet leaving lasting devastation in its wake. Unlike mass shootings that dominate headlines, domestic gun violence often occurs in private spaces—homes, bedrooms, kitchens—where familiarity and intimacy become lethal. 

Firearms dramatically increase the risk of fatal outcomes in situations shaped by coercion, control, and escalation. What remains after the violence ends are traces: bullet holes in walls, shattered glass, bloodstains, and disrupted interiors that silently record what occurred. These fragments of forensic evidence speak to moments of terror and irrevocable loss, even when the people involved are no longer present.

Artist ANGELA STRASSHEIM confronts this aftermath in her photographic series Evidence. Working with access to police archives and crime scenes, Strassheim photographs the physical remnants left behind after domestic shootings; spaces stripped of narrative but dense with meaning. 

Her images are meticulous, restrained, and unsettling, forcing viewers to confront violence without spectacle. By focusing on evidence rather than victims or perpetrators, Strassheim shifts attention to the material reality of gun violence and its permanence. Evidence transforms forensic detail into a powerful meditation on absence, accountability, and the quiet devastation embedded in everyday spaces.