The bullet-riddled mugshots. Pic: NBC6 via Twitter

From highbrow to lowbrow (and everything in between), this is what we found of interest in photo-land this week.

• ‘Cops Used Black Mugshots for Target Practice’ [Sky News]

• Before and after pics show the difference a loving home can make in the life of a shelter dog or cat [Bored Panda]

• ‘Head Shots of Hand Models’ [It’s Nice That]

• ‘The Woman Who’s Allergic to the World’ [Narratively]

• A convention for mermaids [Cool Hunting]

• Grey prison jumpsuits at the Golden Globes [The Onion]

• ‘The criticism of photojournalists as vultures is a familiar one.’ [Hillman Photography Initiative]

• ‘Ruddy Roye captures black life on Instagram’ [BBC]

• ‘These six women are all that’s left of people born in the 1800s’ [Lost at E Minor]

• 2,000 Calories in pictures [The New York Times]