The World of Forensic Imaging - Interview with Paloma Galzi

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🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Paloma Galzi is an experienced forensic artist that works to help law enforcement agencies and families get answers about missing and murdered children. She has a Master's of Science in Forensic Art from the University of Dundee in Scotland, which is the only program of its kind in the world.

Paloma joins True Crimecast today to talk about her training, the types of cases she works with, the techniques involved in forensic art, and advice for anyone interested in the field.

Find Paloma Galzi on TikTok or Instagram to see examples of her amazing work and breathtaking images: @galziforensics.

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0:00.0	Stoveleg Media, Igniting Conversation.
0:30.3	I'm so excited to be joined today by Paloma Galsy forensic artist. We've been talking to Paloma for a few months over on TikTok, which is where we found you. And we're really
0:34.9	thankful for your time. Welcome to True Crimecast. Hi. Thank you for having me.
0:40.0	Yeah. So I, like I said, found you on TikTok. I've been watching a lot of your videos even today just to
0:47.2	make sure that I'm on the right, ask the right questions, but before we get to your videos, which I love, obviously, let's talk a little bit about your career.
0:57.8	How did you become a forensic artist?
0:59.8	How did you know that that's something you're even interested in?
1:02.2	As a kid, I don't think that's something that comes up a lot at career day.
1:07.1	No, that is not something to tell you in school that this is an option. So I actually, I was doing a undergrad in illustration of fine arts. And towards the end of it, randomly at home, I saw on TV a wanted poster that was hand drawn. And I was like,
1:29.3	wait a minute, you can actually draw for law enforcement? This is crazy. Like, I didn't know,
1:34.5	like I am from France. I was raised in France and Paris and I've never in my life saw,
1:40.9	you know, anything like this. So I was like, wow, this is super interesting.
1:45.5	And at that moment, I turned to my, you know, at the time housemate. And she was like, oh, yeah,
1:51.1	that's, I think that's called forensic art. You should look it up. So I was like, oh, my gosh. Okay.
1:55.8	So I looked it up and everything that I found was so interesting because it was just a lot of art
2:02.6	mixed, you know, with the forensic world. And I was like, okay, this is really cool. This is very interesting.
2:08.6	And I want to, I kind of want to, you know, see where this is going. And I was in California at the time.
2:16.6	And I looked up, you you know any kind of program and
2:20.4	schools and turns out there's only one school in the world that provides a full-on program to be a
2:30.6	forensic artist and it's in Scotland.
2:38.6	So, you know, I decided to go.
2:39.5	Yeah, yeah.
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