About the expert

Andrei Viktorovich — expert assistance with forensic photographic examination, preparation of materials and questions, and report reviews.

Professional profile

Work is performed within the bounds of verified competence and the questions posed. Where a multidisciplinary examination of digital traces, technical equipment, facial features, documents or other objects is required, specialists in the relevant fields are involved.

Training and experience

Professional retraining in the examination of photographic, video and voice recordings.

Expert practice since 2020.

Membership and insurance

Andrei Viktorovich is a member of SUDEX.

His professional liability as a forensic expert is insured with Absolut Strakhovanie LLC for RUB 5,000,000.

Approach: the object of examination, whether the file is an original, how it was obtained, the storage medium, the capture device, metadata, image quality and the procedural task are assessed first.

Main tasks

  • preliminary analysis of photographs and questions;
  • preparing properly formulated questions for the court or investigating authority;
  • examination of photographic images;
  • examination of photographic equipment;
  • checking for signs of compositing and processing;
  • review of an expert report.

Limits of competence

A forensic photographic examination does not replace legal assessment or conclusions on guilt, the admissibility of evidence or the legal classification of conduct. Identifying a person by physical appearance may fall within the scope of facial comparison examination.

Inquiry

Send a photograph or describe the task

You may send the source image, storage medium, capture device, documents, the court's questions or a report for review.

  • photographic images;
  • photographic equipment;
  • metadata and digital traces;
  • compositing, retouching, alteration;
  • review of an expert report.

How data is processed: Personal Data Processing Policy. Attach only materials relevant to the inspection; obscure unnecessary data about other people.

For a preliminary assessment, it is better to attach the source file rather than a screenshot or a photograph from a messaging app.

Attachments: up to 10 files of up to 10 MB each, with a maximum combined size of 15 MB. If a file is rejected, the enquiry is not sent.

Forensic examination of photographic images
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