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Karen T. Taylor | |
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 Taylor on the television set of The Decrypters, Spring 2012 | |
| Born | March 6, 1952 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Forensic Artist Portrait Sculptor Facial Identification Specialist Art Educator and Author |
| Website | Karen T. Taylor: Facial Images |
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Karen T. Taylor [1] (born March 6, 1952) is an American forensic and portrait artist who has worked to help resolve criminal cases for a variety of law enforcement agencies throughout the world. Her primary expertise includes composite imagery, child and adult age progression, postmortem drawing and forensic facial reconstruction. In the mid-1980s, Taylor pioneered the method of 2-dimensional facial reconstruction, by drawing facial features over frontal and lateral skull photographs based on anthropological data. Taylor is also well-established as a forensic art educator, fine art portrait sculptor, and specialist in the human face.
- ^ Taylor, Karen T. (2000). Forensic Art and Illustration. CRC Press. p. 9. ISBN 1420036955. Retrieved March 28, 2020.